I wouldn't say the inventor, had a reason for calling clocks clocks, the person in which invented clocks came up with the name himself
A quarrel of clocks
Analog clocks.
I wouldn't say the inventor, had a reason for calling clocks clocks, the person in which invented clocks came up with the name himself
they are called daily schedule clocks
Dial
Some clocks are called chiming clocks because they give off a chiming, or striking, sound at various times. A striking, or chiming, clock sounds the hours audibly by using a bell or a gong.
Those are apparently simply called flip down clocks.
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Horologist
Analog clocks have an hour hand and minute hand, and 12 numbers around a circle.
some clocks go forward, but not all of them :) it is called daylight saving time
Clockmakers are more correctly called horologists. Many traditional mechanical clocks are built in Germany and Switzerland, including "grandfather clocks" and "cuckoo clocks." Modern computer-chip clocks are made by computer manufacturers for watches, timers, and electronic devices such as microwave ovens.