The History Of Horology

Horology, in Greek, literally means "time study." From the earliest modern man on through today

, mankind has been interested in the passage of time. The sun goes up; the sun goes down. The days grow longer and shorter and in a cyclical way everything happens over and over. Everything from the first snowfall to the first day of spring can be timed by man. The study of time stretches over millennia and is still used today.

Of course we are all familiar with the Mayan calendar and its precise measurement of events based on the lunar cycle. Through thousands of years this calendar has been an incredibly accurate way to follow the timing of the seasons. The earliest form of following the time of day from sun up to sun down is found in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians built obelisks to keep track of the time. This was usually for the benefit of the workers who were building large monuments. They would work a specific amount of time and be paid for it. I guess you could say that the obelisks were the world's first time clocks. In later years we would rely on beautiful Stuhrling watches to tell the time.

Without the benefit of a beautiful Stuhrling, and on days where a sundial was rendered useless by cloud cover or some other anomaly, water clocks and sand hourglasses would be used to keep the time. Eventually we would take a step forward on horology and develop mechanical clocks. These clocks were far more reliable and were driven by a weight and regulated system. This was the first leap toward those beautiful Stuhrling Emperors that we desire today.

In the 17th century, pendulums were used to maintain the accuracy of a clock and clock making as a career exploded. These specialists worked tirelessly to make the clocks more accurate. Soon, quartz was introduced as a vibrating crystal to create an electronic signal. These clocks were created almost three hundred years after the pendulum and were other most desirable timepieces of their age.

The latest jump in clock making has been the advancement in atomic clock technology. These watches and clocks are accurate to less than two nanoseconds per day! This means that the clock will only ever be off as much as one second every 1.4 million years. That is accuracy.

We certainly have come a long way since the obelisks of the Ancient Egyptians. Accuracy and beauty come together in the Stuhrling Winchester and other luxury watches of the modern day.

by: Mark Etinger

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