Clockwork or clockmaking began as a specialized craft for those knowledgeable and skilled enough at the time. Clocks varied from simply striking an hour bell to showing holidays and even passage of the planets. It allowed the common person to have an understanding of parts of the day and locked us into a schedule wether we had something to do or not. No more was it sunrise and sunset that varied from season to season. Daily routine became a part of life and the clock is even referred to as a "totaltarian taskmaster"(Davies 434). Clocks eventually became a mass production industry.
Clocks today are very much a subconscious part of life. We all live by the clock wether we realize it or not. Clocks seemed to have taken away the natural way someone would live and put everyone on the same schedule. Someones always pressed for time or late for something because the clock is a part of our society and very much an unwritten rule we live by.
Davies, Norman. Europe A History. 1996. New York City: HarperCollins, 1998.
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