Clocks and watches are everywhere around us. It is hard to imagine that for the larger part of it's history mankind has lived without them.
The evolution of human civilization had a great impact on clock making along with the era of geographical discoveries. The movement has been perfected; the accuracy of timekeeping has increased due to the discoveries in the field of mechanics enabling the improvement to the clock movement. Development of the applied sciences required more and more accurate timekeeping with not only seconds being recorded, but also the hundredth of the second being used.
The modern clock design varies from traditional to ultramodern. Technical progress has made it possible to devise clocks, which show not only time, but also days, date and month, a moon month with the moon phase.
