[Robotenomics]

I had absolutely no idea there were so many watchmakers that were great inventors. But there are many time pieces which are works of engineering marvel.

[drcwpl]

Yes, it is true, those works are engineering beauties. Maybe the intricate nature of working so close to all of those cogs inspired them to think about solving other real world problems. I have long been fascinated with time and the human invention of measuring it.

[Robotenomics]

I will look for more watchmaker examples. I read ?Boorsteins? Discoverers, it had a long chapter on the discovery of time as a human invention