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Who was the first person to invent the watch

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2024-05-14

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The first inventor of the clock was a Chinese person. As early as 1090, Su Song, the Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, invented the world's first "mechanical timer" with a control mechanism: the "Water Transport Instrument Statue Platform". And foreigners using manipulators for timekeeping, that was 300 years later. But one of the earliest inventors of clocks in China was Guo Shoujing of the Yuan Dynasty. In 1267 AD, he made a mechanical clock specifically for timekeeping in the Daming Hall, which could "sound a bell for one quarter, a drum for two quarters, three rings, four coins, all of which were made at the beginning. The Dutch scientist Huygens (1629-1695) improved clocks controlled by pendulum in the world, and Guo Shoujing made mechanical clocks 80 years earlier than Huygens. So, the clock is China's fifth great invention. This has been recognized by the international community. During World War I, a soldier tied his watch to his wrist for convenience, and raised his wrist to see the time clearly, which was much more convenient than before. In 1918, a Swiss watchmaker named Zana Shanu was inspired by the story of a soldier tying a watch to his wrist. After careful consideration, he began to create a smaller watch and designed pinholes on both sides of the watch to accommodate leather or metal straps, in order to secure the watch to the wrist. From then on, the watch was born.

The first inventor of the clock was a Chinese person. As early as 1090, Su Song, the Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, invented the world's first "mechanical timer" with a control mechanism: the "Water Transport Instrument Statue Platform". And foreigners using manipulators for timekeeping, that was 300 years later.

 

But one of the earliest inventors of clocks in China was Guo Shoujing of the Yuan Dynasty. In 1267 AD, he made a mechanical clock specifically for timekeeping in the Daming Hall, which could "sound a bell for one quarter, a drum for two quarters, three rings, four coins, all of which were made at the beginning.

 

The Dutch scientist Huygens (1629-1695) improved clocks controlled by pendulum in the world, and Guo Shoujing made mechanical clocks 80 years earlier than Huygens. So, the clock is China's fifth great invention. This has been recognized by the international community.

 

During World War I, a soldier tied his watch to his wrist for convenience, and raised his wrist to see the time clearly, which was much more convenient than before. In 1918, a Swiss watchmaker named Zana Shanu was inspired by the story of a soldier tying a watch to his wrist. After careful consideration, he began to create a smaller watch and designed pinholes on both sides of the watch to accommodate leather or metal straps, in order to secure the watch to the wrist. From then on, the watch was born.

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