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|event= '''3500 BC(E)''':  
|event=  '''3500 BC(E)''': The obelisk is created by Egyptians, and possibly previously by Sumerians
* The obelisk is created by Egyptians, and possibly previously by Sumerians
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* The sundial/shadow clock is built by Egyptians
* The sundial/shadow clock is built by Egyptians
* One of the earliest water clocks is buried in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Ahemhotem I
* One of the earliest water clocks is buried in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Ahemhotem I
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* Romans and the Greeks improve water clocks through mechanics (bells, gongs, doors -- ways to attempt flow regulation)
* Romans and the Greeks improve water clocks through mechanics (bells, gongs, doors -- ways to attempt flow regulation)
* '''325 BC(E)''' - ''clepsydras' '' ("water theives") are used by the Greeks
* '''325 BC(E)''' - ''clepsydras' '' ("water theives") are used by the Greeks
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|event= &nbsp;'''30 BC(E)''': Vitruvius describes 13 different types of sundial styles in Greece, Asia Minor, and Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/early.html|title=Earliest Clocks|publisher=National Instute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref>
* Vitruvius describes 13 different types of sundial styles in Greece, Asia Minor, and Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/early.html|title=Earliest Clocks|publisher=National Instute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref>
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* Andronikos constructs the ''Horologion'', the "Tower of the Winds" in Macedonia, Athens Marketplace|width= 80%
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|event= &nbsp;'''200 - 1300 CE(AD)''':
* Chinese inventors modify clepsydras' to drive various mechcanisms.
* Chinese inventors modify clepsydras' to drive various mechcanisms.
* '''725 CE (AD)''' - A water escapement is invented in the far east
* '''725 CE (AD)''' - A water escapement is invented in the far east
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|event= &nbsp;'''1300 CE(AD)''': Mechanical clocks appear in Italian cities, in towers.
* Mechanical clocks appear in Italian cities, in towers.
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|event= &nbsp;'''1500 - 1510''': Peter Henlein of Nuremberg invents the spring-powered clock.
* Peter Henlein of Nuremberg invents the spring-powered clock.
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|event= &nbsp;'''1582''': Galileo creates the pendulum-clock concept, but wasn't able to build it before his death.
* Galileo creates the pendulum-clock concept, but wasn't able to build it before his death.
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|event= '''1656''': Christiaan Huygens (Dutch) invents the hair-spring, about the same time as Hooke from England
* Christiaan Huygens (Dutch) invents the hair-spring, about the same time as Hooke from England
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A timeline (or several) relating to Wristwatch.
 3500 BC(E): The obelisk is created by Egyptians, and possibly previously by Sumerians
 1500 BC(E):
  • The sundial/shadow clock is built by Egyptians
  • One of the earliest water clocks is buried in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Ahemhotem I
 500 - 100 BC(E):
  • Romans and the Greeks improve water clocks through mechanics (bells, gongs, doors -- ways to attempt flow regulation)
  • 325 BC(E) - clepsydras' ("water theives") are used by the Greeks
 30 BC(E): Vitruvius describes 13 different types of sundial styles in Greece, Asia Minor, and Italy[1]
 1 BC(E): Andronikos constructs the Horologion, the "Tower of the Winds" in Macedonia, Athens Marketplace
 200 - 1300 CE(AD):
  • Chinese inventors modify clepsydras' to drive various mechcanisms.
  • 725 CE (AD) - A water escapement is invented in the far east
  • 900 CE(AD) - Pocket sundials are employed
  • 1088 CE (AD) - Su Sung implements a water escapement in the "Su Sung clock tower". It is over 30 feet tall and very elaborately adorned.
 1300 CE(AD): Mechanical clocks appear in Italian cities, in towers.
 1500 - 1510: Peter Henlein of Nuremberg invents the spring-powered clock.
1525:
  • Jacob Zech of Prague invents the fusee
  • Gruet also works on and perfects the fusee
 1582: Galileo creates the pendulum-clock concept, but wasn't able to build it before his death.
1656: Christiaan Huygens (Dutch) invents the hair-spring, about the same time as Hooke from England







  1. ↑ Earliest Clocks. National Instute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
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