By Terry and
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This watch holder is an elaborate clock when a pocket watch is put into the hole. An interesting, money-saving idea by an anonymous person in the 19th century.
There has always been a need to tell time, and early methods â sundials, hourglasses, water clocks or even large arrangements of stones and shadows â were not accurate.
The first mechanical clocks were invented in the 14th century, the pendulum clock in 1656, and by the 1700s there were many clocks in church towers that rang bells to tell citizens the time.
The small watch that could be carried by a person was developed after 1810. Then came pocket watches worn on a chain, and in 1868 the wristwatch was made. But there was still no affordable clock for home use.