The Surprising 5,000 Year Old Watch Decision That Nobody Appreciates

If it were not for the Sumerians making a key decision 5,000 years ago, today's watches would be more complicated. I'll explain.
Learn the beginnings of telling time and the history of watch advancements here:
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Timecodes
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Why we have 60 minutes in an hour
2:06 - What watches would look like

[@adventureswithtime]

Learn the beginnings of telling time and the history of watch advancements here:
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[@pj61114]

LOL Your presentation was Fun, Interesting & Educational. Another 5 Star Rating. ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Here in Rockford Illinois we had the Clock Tower Museum and Hotel complex. It was the collection of Seth B. Atwood. Seth died and the family sold the collection. Last year it was demolished. This year 2023 a new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is under construction. The old museum was World Class starting with Solar, Sand & Water time keeping up to atomic timekeeping as I recall. I toured it in the mid to late 1960s when I was a teen ager. I think the Germans were Great with mechanical clocks. Probably Bavarian & Swiss too. I am a fan of your channel and far from an expert on timekeeping.

[@adventureswithtime]

Thanks. Too bad they tore down that old building.

[@lesgillard1508]

That is very strange.
This video just came to my notification window now 12/8/23
i wonder if utube got their time wrong?

[@adventureswithtime]

Why do you say that?