![]() There are many horology museums and several specialized libraries devoted to the subject. "Universal Clock" at the Clock Museum in Zacatlán, Puebla, Mexico In Europe The largest horological membership organisation globally is the NAWCC, the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, which is US based, but also has local chapters elsewhere. Horology and horologists have numerous organizations, both professional associations and more scholarly societies. That term is used both by people who deal professionally with timekeeping apparatuses (watchmakers, clockmakers), as well as aficionados and scholars of horology. People interested in horology are called horologists. In current usage, horology refers mainly to the study of mechanical time-keeping devices, while chronometry more broadly includes electronic devices that have largely supplanted mechanical clocks for the best accuracy and precision in time-keeping. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clocks are all examples of instruments used to measure time. 'the study of time' related to Latin horologium from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον ( hōrológion) 'instrument for telling the hour' from ὥρα ( hṓra) 'hour, time', interfix -o-, and suffix -logy) is the study of the measurement of time. If you want ‘the art and science of making time measurement devices’ use ‘Chronometry’.Clocks a watch-maker seated at his workbench If you want ‘devices that measure time’ - use ‘chronometers’. if you want ‘the study of time and time-keeping devices’ - use ‘horology’. But I think that might be a ‘red herring’ - a distraction.Īlthough - ‘horologist’ does evoke to me, a craftsman with an eyepiece, making mechanical watches. This might be where your confusion about ‘what kinds of clocks does each term cover’ may come from. However, marketing for posh watches often describes same as ‘chronometers’ presumably to elevate them into something more exclusive and expensive. Note that an early chronometer (in Ancient Greece) might have been - a sun-dial. Perhaps the two similar words exist because they arise from Latin - and from Greek. Hopefully this gives you something more to go on, than what is really ‘hearsay’ from the words ‘in use’ - the pure origin of the meanings of words. Online definitions of ‘chronometry’ say ‘the art of accurate time measurement’ or ‘the science of accurate time measurement’.īut I think this is ‘internet embelishment’ and that it really means what it says, simply: ‘the measurement of time’ ![]() And a Chronometer is ‘the measurer of time’ ie a clock. So Chronometry is ‘the measurement of time’. From the Latin ‘metria’ and the Greek ‘metron’. ‘The making of clocks and watches’ is horology.Ĭhronometry - khronos - time (Greek), and metry - the measurement of. Horology - is made from: hora (hours, or time) logy - study. Whereas, the likes of Wikipedia often have various ‘in usage’ interpretations of meaning in context - which are often far from the original pure form and meaning. If you want to know the true meaning of words, I suggest looking up the etymology, for this tells you the origin of the component parts of a word. Is the chronometry article completely correct or is it more complicated than that?Īlso if they are distinct, completely separate terms for completely different sets of things, is there a word that means 'horological and chronometrical devices', or is 'the study of timekeeping devices' my only unambiguous option? What is the 'proper' distinction between the two terms? Is 'chronometry' meant to be a more broad term encompasing both old 'horological' devices such as mechanical clocks and newer electronic devices? chronometry more broadly includes electronic devices that have. While reading this, I'm unclear if this text is simply poorly worded or they are genuinely introducing the idea that the words have somewhat overlapping meanings and are interchangeable in some limited circumstances. While on 'Horology', Wikipedia describes it in more detail, creating an ambiguity I'd like to clarify. Chronometry applies to electronic devices, while Horology refers to mechanical devices.
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