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2. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   German clockmakers. Johann Baptist Beha (1815–1898) Gustav Becker Clock Company; Freiburg in Schlesien, Silesia (1850–1938) Florn. Thomas Haller (Thomas Haller AG), Schwenningen (1880-1900) then merged with Junghans. Thomas Ernst Haller (Haller AG), Schwenningen (1902-1928) then merged with Kienzle.

3. Cuckoo clock - Wikipedia

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   Cuckoo clock, a so-called Jagdstück ("hunt piece"), Black Forest, c. 1900, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006-013. A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their ...

4. Howard Miller Clock Company - Wikipedia

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   History. Howard Miller Clock Company was founded in 1926, as the Herman Miller Clock Company division of office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, specializing in chiming wall and mantle clocks. [2] It was spun off in 1937 and renamed, under the leadership of Herman Miller's son Howard C. Miller (1905–1995). [3]

5. Pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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   Pendulum clock conceived by Galileo Galilei around 1637. The earliest known pendulum clock design, it was never completed. Vienna regulator style pendulum wall clock. A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is an approximate harmonic ...

6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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   Oscillating timekeepers are used in modern timepieces. Sundials and water clocks were first used in ancient Egypt c.1200 BC (or equally acceptable BCE) and later by the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Chinese. Incense clocks were being used in China by the 6th century.

7. "Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) - Wikipedia

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   Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) is the title of two different artworks created by Félix González-Torres (or Felix Gonzalez-Torres). Each of the artworks consists of two identical wall clocks hung side-by-side so that they are touching. When installed the clocks are initially set to the same time but may fall out of ...