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Clocks

By ShKolShelby
  • Salisbury Cathedral Clock
    Jan 1, 1386

    Salisbury Cathedral Clock

    How far the oldest surviving clock in England dates back to.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Spring Driven Clocks

    Clockmakers began to make small clocks driven by a spring, the first portable timepieces.
  • First Pocket Watch
    Jan 1, 1510

    First Pocket Watch

    Peter Henlein created the first pocketwatch.
  • First Pendulum Clock

    First Pendulum Clock

    Christiaan Huygens invented the pendulum Clock.
  • The Seconds Pointer

    The Seconds Pointer

    The long, or seconds, pendulum was introduced by English clock makers with the anchor escapement.
  • America's First Clock

    America's First Clock

    The first American clock was invented in 1761 by Benjamin Banneker when he was only thirty years old.
  • Marine Chronometer

    Marine Chronometer

    John Harrison built a marine chronometer with a spring and balance wheel escapement. Kept time on board a rolling ship to about one-fifth of a second a day during sea trials in 1762.

  • First Battery Electric Clock

    the first battery electric clock was driven by a spring and pendulum and employed an electrical impulse to operate a number of dials.
  • Wind Up Alarm Clock

    Wind Up Alarm Clock

    Seth Thomas I developed small mechanical wind-up Alarm Clock in about 1860.
  • Wind Up Alarm Clock Patented

    Wind Up Alarm Clock Patented

    Seth Thomas II patented his father's clock