Seiko Institute of Horology / Belfry-shaped clock with double pendulum time adjuster
The Seiko Institute of Horology (now The Seiko Museum) was opened in 1981 as part of a project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Seiko. The museum displays research materials related to time and timepieces produced in Japan and other countries around the world. (For more information, see the February 2009 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://museum.seiko.co.jp/
Come the Edo Period, and manufacture of mechanical clocks commenced in Japan. However, at the time, Japan used the temporal hour method of time keeping and on this account, clocks that were matched with this temporal time method were required. Special Japanese clocks were made for this purpose. Because the hours of daytime and nighttime were different, the clocks were used by switching hours between night and day. In addition, various other clocks were made during the Edo Period. For example, pillbox clocks and pedometers were also made.
