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the obsessive art of measuring something nobody has ever actually touched.
Word rootFrom Greek hora, meaning hour or season.
Atomic precisionBest clocks lose one second per 15 billion years.
Marine prizeBritain offered fortunes to solve longitude with clocks.
Mechanical heartFine watches tick over 28,000 times per hour.
ComplicationsThe fancier the watch, the more 'complications' it has.