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[Question] How did people keep track of time in the early 1900's? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by trivial_vista@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Was wondering, because I put my mechanical watch and digital correct to the second via time.is , how people years ago had to correct time differences?

*not sure if entirly within the rules of this subreddit but just think it's interesting ..

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[–] MyNameIsVigil@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They used clocks and watches, and they set their clocks against more accurate central clocks.

[–] Fogbank-1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

And central clocks would be set at noontime usually

[–] trivial_vista@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

how did this work on time zones?

[–] MyNameIsVigil@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Same as it does now. You either set your watch to the local time, or you set it to standard time, such as GMT.

[–] Fogbank-1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Set on noontime