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	Horology -The Index ( Clock Watch and Time Museums) A worldwide list - Horology - The Index is a comprehensive global listing of websites and internet resources dealing with clocks, watches, timekeeping and timekeepers. This page describes horological museums worldwide and has links to them.. The Index contains a logical, hierarchical listing of subjects and chapters, spread over about 200 pages, containing about 3000 links to URLs. Rate this
	The American Clock & Watch Museum - Collections include clocks dating from 1680 and watches dating from 1595, including "grandfather" clocks, shelf clocks, wall clocks, precision regulators, novelties, alarm clocks, tower/church clocks, jeweled watches, watch keys and fobs, non-jeweled or "dollar" watches, clock and watch making machinery and tools. Rate this
	The Harrison Initiative - Information about this proposed visitor centre and exhibition, which plans to house a permanent memorial to the life and work of world-renowned horologist John Harrison. Rate this
	The National Watch and Clock Museum - Pennsylvania museum featuring a collection of over 12,000 watches, clocks, tools, horological art and models. Rate this
	Museum of Timepieces and Mechanical Music Instruments - Features 8 rooms of clocks, music boxes and a watchmaker's workshop. Includes hours and directions. Located in Oberhofen, Switzerland. [German and English]. Rate this

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• Horology - Back in Time - You should be familiar with some terminology before you learn about watches. Horology is the art of making clocks, watches and other devices for telling time and it is also the study/science of measu...