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Before
watches there were clocks. Before clocks there was simply
mechanism to tell and measure time.Sundials told time by shadows. Hourglasses measured time
by predictable rates of sand moving through
a narrow channel.
Some would say that early Egyptians were the first to create a mechanical way of measuring time by the flow of running water. The earliest accurate clocks were built by monks in Italy to simply tell you what time to pray. Theses clocks told time audibly with bells and had no hand indicators.
The chronograph, the moon phase, the perpetual calendar and even the repeater may challenge our ability to understand exactly how they work, but there’s usually not too much confusion about what, exactly, they are.
But what, exactly, is the meaning of that gnomic little hand, wandering back and forth between a plus and minus a quarter of an hour?
No matter what or which watch you are wearing, do you value the time passing by?
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