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"The phrase ""in a New York minute"" is virtually synonymous with all that is fast-paced and technologically advanced about today's lifestyle. One of the first cities founded on the eastern seaboard, New York has been a horological trendsetter for over three hundred years. When the original Dutch settlers came to Manhattan in 1624, they brought a unique temporal awareness accompanied by a detailed knowledge of clock-making with them. Over the next few centuries, precision timepieces became an art form and more precisely timed days an inescapable reality of modernization in America. As a result of its preoccupation with time, New York City developed into a showplace for America's astonishing array of timepieces. From tower clocks to time balls, this richly illustrated work chronicles the history of public clocks in New York City. It discusses the premiere clock-makers of the 19th century such as the Ansonia Clock Company and the Self Winding Clock Company, the heyday of American public clock making and the ever-increasing importance of clocks. Post clocks, church clocks, time balls and labor timepieces are all discussed herein. Photographs of subject pieces and an index are included."

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