Click Here To See MoreDespite mankind’s many astounding achievements, time travel remains the reserve of science fiction writers, cult TV dramas and dreamers. Interestingly, Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol is considered by some to be one of the first full depictions of time travel, both back and forward. Although we have little control over time, mankind has come a long way in devising ingenious mechanisms for observing and measuring this invisible quantity.
The cigarette card set featured in this blog includes one of the earliest clocks of all time, an Egyptian water-clock, circa 1400 BC. The first ever watches date from the early 16th century, made possible by the invention of the coiled spring as a motive power. The pocket-watch shown on card no. 12 was a latter version, which included a protective cover with pierced holes over each hour, before the days of glass. The second oldest surviving clock in England appears on card no. 4, Wells Cathedral clock. My favourite clock in this set is the Ship Clock on card no. 7, circa 1581. It’s a mechanical masterpiece whose detailed crew figures come to life at a set time.
John Player and Sons, Clocks - Old and New, 1928 (20 cards)
Includes:An Egyptian Water Clock about 1400BC,A Water-Clock of Clepsydra about 300 BC,Hour-Glasses,The Glastonbury Clock Wells Cathedral,An Astronomical Clock Wimborne Minster,Early 17th Century Clock St Mark's Square in Venice,A Ship Clock about 1581,A Small, Astronomical Clock 1587,A Clock by Isaac Hebrecht 1589,A Clock by Bartholomew Newsam 1590,A Table Clock With Alarium,A 16th Century Clock-Watch,A Globe or Falling-Ball Clock about 1650,A Lantern Clock by Thomas Tompton,A Bracket Clock by Thomas Tompion, 1690,An Act of Parliament Clock 1797,A Long Case Clock by Thomas Tompion 1709,A Table Alarum Clock With Strike-A-Light late 17th Century,The Westminster Clock 1858,Modern Clocks Greenwich Observatory,
Horology,Ancient Clocs,Clock History,History of Telling the Time,Time Measurement
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