{"id":5677,"date":"2022-11-30T19:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/2022\/11\/30\/a-brief-guide-to-antique-clocks-and-modern-watches-for-men\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T19:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:03:45","slug":"a-brief-guide-to-antique-clocks-and-modern-watches-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/2022\/11\/30\/a-brief-guide-to-antique-clocks-and-modern-watches-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Guide to Antique Clocks and Modern Watches for Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient Egyptians used sundials to measure time. These devices used the sun\u2019s position to cast a shadow on a marked surface whose length indicated the time of day.<\/p>\n<p>Early mechanical clocks were huge, bulky devices that appeared in the 13th century. Later,\u00a0 in the 16th century, pocket watches became popular among the nobility and upper-class members. Today, we still value the gravitas of clocks that are centuries old, but pocket watches have been replaced by wristwatches.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick review of how to find and take care of your favorite type of timepiece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mensfashionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo-1455651512878-0ddbb4c4d0a5.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Types of Antique Clocks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rauantiques.com\/collections\/clocks\">Antique clocks<\/a> are unique and beautiful timepieces,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mensfashionmagazine.com\/a-brief-guide-to-antique-clocks-and-modern-watches-for-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient Egyptians used sundials to measure time. These devices used the sun\u2019s position to cast a shadow on a marked surface whose length indicated the time of day. Early mechanical clocks were huge, bulky devices that appeared in the 13th century. Later,\u00a0 in the 16th century, pocket watches became popular among the nobility and upper-class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}