House of Clocks

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Welcome

Thank you for visiting our new site. We are excited about this opportunity to offer you a large selection of clocks from around the world. Be sure to visit us often to check out our new products and to take advantage of our special offers. If you ever come through Morgantown, be sure to stop by and visit one of Indiana's few remaining clock shops, the House of Clocks.

What is a Clock?

A clock is an instrument used to indicate, measure, keep, and coordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". For horologists and other specialists the term clock continues to mean exclusively a device with a striking mechanism for announcing intervals of time acoustically, by ringing a bell, a set of chimes, or a gong. A silent instrument lacking such a mechanism has traditionally been known as a timepiece. In general usage today a "clock" refers to any device for measuring and displaying the time. Watches and other timepieces that can be carried on one's person are often distinguished from clocks.
The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to consistently measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units: the day; the lunar month; and the year. Devices operating on several different physical processes have been used over the millennia, culminating in the clocks of today. From Wikipedia