How did people tell time before clocks, and how did a date ever work? One couple tries to meet on time, from sunset in Egypt to Roman sundials, church bells, town clocks and the first watches.
Sources: Britannica: sundial, water clock, Su Song’s clock tower (1088), watch, standard time · Chicago Public Library / PBS: the “day of two noons”, 1883 · Hamilton Pulsar (1972) and Texas Instruments (1977) watch prices
Credits:
Photos (Wikimedia Commons): “Model of the Water Clock in Kaifeng Museum” by Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Su Song’s clock tower, cutaway from the Bulletin of the United States National Museum (1959), no known copyright restrictions
Music: “Wallpaper” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0
Sound effects (Wikimedia Commons): “Drip” by Gravity Sound (CC BY 4.0) · “WWS SteamWhistle” by Work With Sounds / Konrad Gutkowski (CC BY 4.0) · others CC0 / public domain
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Interesting how there’s no time at all and only human created it