{"id":24625,"date":"2023-05-09T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=230443"},"modified":"2023-05-10T07:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:11:38","slug":"keeping-time-a-watchmakers-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/keeping-time-a-watchmakers-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping time: a watchmaker\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchmaker Rebecca Struthers charts the history of watches and other timekeepers \u2013 and reveals how they have revolutionised humanity\u2019s perception of time <\/p>

By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Today we take it for granted that we can meet friends at an agreed time, work a set amount of paid hours, or catch a train before it leaves. But so much of the fabric of our modern lives is entirely dependent on one thing: the ability to accurately tell the time. Watchmaker and author Rebecca Struthers joins Ellie Cawthorne to chart the long history of watches and other timekeepers, and reveals how they have revolutionised humanity\u2019s perception of time.<\/p>\n\n

Rebecca Struthers is the author of Hands of Time: A Watchmaker\u2019s History of Time<\/em> (Hodder & Stoughton, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n