Clocks. Sundials.
With watches and clocks.
they used the sun
Why watches do not tell the same time
So people could have a portable timepiece and be able to tell the time where ever they go.
urmm... i think it woz the grandfather clocks they had wall clocks before watches. so its probably just clocks
to tell time... to tell time...
the sundail came from early settlers who used it to tell time thousands of years before clocks and watches were made to do so.
People who can't tell the time of day from the possition of the sun in the sky, and don't like being late.Answer:Recent studies have shown that younger (under 30's people aren't buying watches as they already have several time sources at hands (cellphones etc.).That leaves watches as the purview of:older folks (for time information)people who see watches as a fashion statement (bling)people who see watches (the expensive types) as a power statementpeople working in environments (wet, acid, dusyty) that would destroy "soft" electronic devices
Clocks and watches
... To tell the time.
Before the ability to communicate with phones and radios they used drums and trumpets to tell troops how to move.
Big Ben was built for the people of London so they were able to tell the time. Not many people would have watches in those early days.