Sundial is one of the first reported “standard” equipment, which by the sundial sundial needle plate and the composition. Sundial plate is a plate scale, the central disk with a vertical sundial with the needle, needle shadow moves with the sun at the location on disk. At that time, the rich are also equipped with this home their own watches.

Egypt was the first bell exporter. It consists of two cylindrical component superimposed with each other. Water from above the cylinder through a small hole below the trickle-down cylinder. Finished water droplets, that is, a certain time has passed. Great bit of  irrigation water can be reported to six hours, and then re-filled with water.

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs dynasty craftsman clocks and even to do a system equipped with a pointer and hit device alarms clocks and watches, every one hour, a certain number of balls will be rolled into the metal stamp, issued by the ringing loudly. Rome Egyptian people are the main buyers bell. Early in the morning, the newspaper reported loud people on part-time basis, and then go to every household minutes filled with water.

Roman poet of such methods are not satisfied with the time. He wrote: “God invented to kill the people part-time, part-time … … because I put the torn pieces of the whole day. Ago, my stomach is my newspaper clock, watches and clocks in all it is the most good and most accurate. ”

Constantine is said to once have a Fantastic bell, even today it seems it is a most unusual and complex timer. It has the shape of a tree in the branches to fill up all possible animals, the following lot of squatting lion, the clock struck one, the lion’s mouth will be open to issue roar.

Plato was the first in Egypt with the alarm clock made people. He put together the following cylinder linked, so that it can rotate, over certain period of time, cones will be overturned, the water poured, water also flows to a post tube, the impact of water flow caused by air currents to make posts for tube creak ring. At the same time, Plato’s clock on time would be “sounded”, urged the students to the great philosopher, go to class.

Ways of time lasted thousands of years. Charlemagne was in office from blame where hair been a hit with the clock and Wong’s bell, which made use of pure gold, delicate work, full of artistry. Until the twelfth century, a monk invented the sand clock, only gradually being replaced by sand clock. Finally, invented the balance wheel, Chris Higgins invented the pendulum, on this basis, similar to those made before today’s watches.

It is worth mentioning that, sand clock was originally used only for the priests to preach on stage preaching to master time.

According to research, early in BC in 2000, China will have a . 1 in 2679 BC the Chinese had to prove a pattern similar to Indians and people aztec sundial owned. In addition, the Chinese also used other methods to do their system timer, for example, by burning them to have time to tag engraved candle smoked computing time. Moreover, it is said, a Chinese system of craftsmen make watches, and various smoked material made of a bell flavor, it exudes an hour a different flavor.

O before and after 127 years in northern Italy and Nande Bay early mechanical clock to Sinojackia for power, every hour of the bell ringing incidental, automatic timekeeping. In 1336, the first public clock was installed in one church in Milan, in the next half-century, the clock spread to European countries, France, Germany, Italy have built a church bell tower.

Shortly thereafter, the invention of clockwork technology, greatly reduce the size of the clock. 151 O, in Germany the first time the locksmith produced pocket watch. That year, the production of watches seems to be limited to the sideline locksmiths until later, the accuracy of clocks and watches have become increasingly demanding, watches skills are also increasingly complex, only a professional watchmaker.

18 O six years, Napoleon’s wife, Queen J. spoonbills about fun for the Princess a special watch, is currently known about the earliest record of watches. This is an emphasis on decoration, was made watch-like bracelets. At that time, the world of Man is as popular as status symbols of the pocket watch, watches, women are treated as accessories.

In 1885, the German Navy to the Swiss maker of watches customized substantial watches, watches the practicality of access to an affirmation of the world, and gradually spread to.

The beginning of this century, ROLEX (Rolex) the predecessor – WILSDORF & DAVIS Introduces silver gentleman and ladies table table, great success, led the various watches watches manufacturers competing for research and development. Then on to watch the world-famous Swiss art in watch production has taken the lead, ROLEX at 1926 on the development of a completely waterproof watches “ROLEX OYSTER”, 1931 will automatically be the first to spring on the watch “OYSTER PERPETUAL” to the market. LONGINES (Longines) also not to be outdone, the development of sophisticated air bell with Lindbergh Aviator with the United States Atlantic, famous. In 1929, introduced a watch with a stopwatch function “CHRONOGRAPH”, the following year on this basis in the development of flight precision watches “CHRONOMETER”.

1969, Japan’s Seiko watch company has developed a piece of the world’s first quartz digital watches, day error reduced to less than 0.2 seconds. In 1972, the United States invented the Hamilton company figures show that watches, motor and gear disappeared from the watch.

An endless stream of new technologies to create watches, mechanical watches, however, failed to come to an end, although the greatly reduced production, manufacturing techniques have been preserved. Especially the swiss watch manufacturers, in quartz watches come out on top today, still a soft spot for mechanical watches, insist the production of high-grade mechanical watches, and an endless stream of exports to the world.