Developed in the 13th century, mechanical clocks introduced accurate, regulated time to churches, towns, and monasteries. The early 13th century offers records of the first clocks, and by the later part of the century saw mechanical clocks of a design that watchmakers would be familiar with five centuries later. It remains one of the famous sights of the city, though its glorious gilded dial is a later addition and its foliot has.
May 1, 2003clocks driven by falling weights were erected on cathedrals (called turret clocks) in the late 13th century and early 14th century. 1200 bc and later by the babylonians, the greeks and the chinese.