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Measuring Time with Water Thieves - The Hour Glass Official

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From sundials and hourglasses to atomic clocks and high-tech digital wristwatches, timekeepers have come in several guises over the past 4000 years. One such form is the water clock, or clepsydra (meaning “water thief” in Greek), a timepiece that uses a controlled flow of liquid to measure the time. Along with the sundial, the water clock is one of the oldest timekeeping devices, first being used thousands of years ago. While the water clock has since been replaced by more accurate methods of timekeeping, it’s had something of a rebirth just this year thanks to Australian industrial designer Marc Newson. In celebration of The Hour Glass’s 40th anniversary, Newson has designed a modern interpretation of the water clock appropriately titled ‘Klepsydra’. Newson’s version takes the fundamentals of the traditional water clock and reimagines them through his archetypal Modernist approach; the Klepsydra functions somewhat similarly but is strikingly contemporary in both its appearance and mec

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