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in 1761 by Benjamin Banneker

++ No it was not. Even if we are talking only about mechanical clocks, discounting the Ancient Egyptian's Clespsydra (water-clock, timing by water dripping slowly between two vessels), clocks go back to Mediaeval times:

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  • Europe's oldest working clock (AD1386), now situated in the north nave aisle, used to be located in the Bell Tower (demolished in 1789). It has "ticked" more than 5 million times since it was first built

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Source: Salisbury Cathedral web-site. Some sources consider the world's oldest. It is still running. It never had a dial but signalled church services by bell. It is still ticking!

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