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Timescale

Before Chr.

3761: This is the beginning of the Jewish-calendar.

Ca. 2000: The Egyptians are making shadow clocks.

Ca. 1500: The Stonehenge is build.

Ca. 800: The oldest, still existing sun-dial from Egypt.

45: The beginning of the Julian-calendar on January the first.

After Chr.

1: The beginning of the Christian-calendar.

Ca 500: In this year the incense clock is invented.

600-900: The Maya design their calendar.

622: The beginning of the Islam-calendar.

Ca 800: The candle clock is invented.

Ca 1290: The first European mechanical clocks.

Ca 1300: The hour-glass are spread all over Europe.

Ca 1400: The first portable watch.

1504: The first pocket watch, made in Germany.

1582: The Gregorian imported.

1657: The pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens.

1675: Christiaan Huygens invents the coilspring clock.

1790: The first wristwatch.

1792: The beginning of the calendar: France Republic.
This one is abolished in 1795.

1840: The first electronic watch.

1884: International meridian conference, USA.

1922: The first automatic wristwatch.

1929: The first quartz clock.

1948: The first atomic clock, made in the USA.

1955: The first caesium-atomic clock.

1956: The first electronic wristwatch is sealed.

1967: The first quartz wristwatch.

1967: The second is regauged.

1991: The most exact atomic clock that ever is made.

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