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Timeless clocks

The CLOCK! - Before this invention, time was inseparable from events, the most important being considered the turning of the Earth around the Sun. Once, in ancient times, there was only "local time", no one knew of GMT. If someone gave you a date, there were no "academic quarter" but rather, "we will see you at sunset."  Man used to read information according to the phenomena of nature, to animal gestures and habits, to  primitive objects, that helped him to pinpoint every second.

It seems that the first tool used by humans to measure time was a solar clock, a meridian  invented in Egypt in 2000 BC. Several centuries later the true clock was born, consisting of a shaft called Gnomon. Years later the Egyptians invented a different clock, named 'water clock'.

Then came the invention of an hourglass and then the clock that runs on a mechanical system. The first mechanical clocks were built in Europe around the turn of the thirteenth century. Quadrant has been applied for the first time a mechanical clock in 1364, by the Italian Giovanni Donde.

The pendulum clock or cuckoo clock was hugely appreciated and well loved. There was then only a small step until the advent of electronic watches, ultra sophisticated clocks and computer desktop displays. That's because today we live in the "speed era" when everything is strictly planned and everything has an agenda, we must be "timely" and we always seem to have a deadline. What would we do without a ticking (alarm) clock? Or without a mini alarm clock in white, a square cased alarm clock or a a cased sliding alarm clock?

For the artists and their bohemian minds there are the Contemporary Square Glass Jumble Number Wall Clock or the Folding Leather Effect Travel Alarm Clock in Brown.
The family guy can always carry the Leather Picture Frame Alarm Clock in Black while the eco types can choose the Solar Powered Alarm Clock in Silver without worrying of being out of fashion.

The busy parents will always be on time to pick the children up from school with a Vista Giant Alarm Clock in the house, while a Sneaky Old Crocodile Children's Alarm Clock will only show playtime for the little ones!

Billions of years ago or just a minute ago the clock was right here ticking!
It doesn't matter if you are young or old, have a job or classes that you can't miss, wait for your girlfriend or this month's salary, waiting for the time to pass near you or just want to catch an important moment in your life, so remember: you can't miss what could have been the moment in your life by not having the perfect working clock! It's all a matter of TIME!

About the Author

Adelina Luntraru is a young women that likes to share with everyone what she sees, notices or actually experiences. She has a passion for
clocks
of any type and
home accessories
.

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