Fogbank-1

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[Question] How did people keep track of time in the early 1900's? in c/watches@style.land
[–] Fogbank-1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Set on noontime

[Question] How did people keep track of time in the early 1900's? in c/watches@style.land
[–] Fogbank-1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

And central clocks would be set at noontime usually

[Question] How did people keep track of time in the early 1900's? in c/watches@style.land
[–] Fogbank-1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Most people didn't really care about being too precise, it was normal for different clocks and watches to be up to 10 minutes apart.

If you were an astronomer, railway worker, navigator, or someone else who needed to be precise, determining noontime precisely was pretty basic and could be done daily.