What is the Science of Horology?

The Science of Horology

The science of measuring time or the art of making instruments for indicating time is called HOROLOGY.   

Horology relates to all types of time pieces including  clocks, grandfather clocks, wristwatches, pocket watches, sundials, timers, clockworks, time recorders, marine chronometers, water clocks or clepsydra, atomic clocks and any other instrument designed to measure time. 

Technically speaking horology refers mainly to the study of mechanical time-keeping devices, whereas chronometry usually refers to the electronic devices that have replaced mechanical clocks for improved accuracy and precision in time-keeping.

People who work with time pieces such as watchmakers, clockmakers, academics and other professionals who specialize in horology, as well as any one with a keen interest in the subject are called Horologists. 

Like my Horological Enthusiasts I got to know so well at my cafe in the majestic Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, there  are many organizations, both professional associations and more scholarly societies which deal with the science of horology. There are also many museums and libraries around the world dedicated to the science of horology. Checkout the one nearest to you and you may also be converted into a horological fanatic.

The science of horology has been around for centuries refer my article on writstwatches to find out more about the historical development of clocks and watches.