The Timekeepers

A journey through the history of world clocks

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ANCIENT EGYPT • 1500 BCE
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1500 BCE

Egyptian Sundial

Shadows dance across sacred stone

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MEDIEVAL EUROPE • 1300 CE
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1300 CE

Medieval Cathedral

Iron bells call the faithful

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VERSAILLES • 1750
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1750

French Rococo

Gilded elegance in motion

PADDINGTON STATION
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GREENWICH MEAN TIME • 1840
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1840

Victorian Railway

The authority of empire

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THE ROARING TWENTIES • 1925
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1925

Art Deco

Machine age precision

CHRONOGRAPHEGENÈVE
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SWISS MADE • 1950
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1950

Swiss Luxury

Mechanical poetry

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USSR • 1960
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1960

Soviet Constructivist

Revolutionary minimalism

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禅 • 1970
1970

Japanese Minimalist

Empty space as virtue

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MID-CENTURY MODERN • 1955
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1955

Atomic Starburst

Space age optimism

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CHRONO-DIGIT
DIGITAL REVOLUTION • 1975
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1975

Digital LED

The dawn of data

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CONNECTED AGE • 2015
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2015

Smart Watch

Personal time quantified

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TOMORROW • 2030
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2030

Holographic Future

Time transcends matter