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1821 - The Chronograph - graphical recording of short time periods
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Chronos (time) and grapho (writes). We will get a combination of these two words in a free translation "time recording device", means Chronograph. The name comes from a special clock, which was created in 1821 by the French watchmaker Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec.
Reported by: Władysław Meller
Other records: Timeline of Watchmaking Innovations