User:Kukkurovaca/Watchclocks

A Watchclock is a clock used from the mid-nineteenth century to the present to track employee movements. In this sense it serves a function comparable to the iconic time-clock with which employees punch their time cards. However, a classic watchclock, typically carried by a night watchman, goes with the employee on his rounds. As he goes about his duties, he will visit various "stations", each of which will have an anchored key. This key will be inserted into the watchclock and will there make a mark on a strip of paper or other recording medium, thus giving proof that the employee was at a certain place--the station--at a certain time--the time indicated by the point on the recording medium at which the mark is made.

Types of Watchclock
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Corporations producing watchclocks
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