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Technical watches (1675-1825) |
| Technical watches (1675-1825) |
Christiaan Huygens, the pendulum (1656-58) and the balance-spring (1673-75)
In the period from the beginning of the sixteenth century to 1660-1680, the sumptuous beauty of watch decoration and the artistry of its execution unfortunately far surpassed the level of accuracy of the mechanisms it housed. A watch could only be trusted to a limited degree and sometimes had to be re-set by church bells or public clocks several times a day. Galileo is said to have been the first to think of using ...
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