How We Went From Sundials to Smartwatches

The fascination with time has inspired countless interfaces, none more radical than the recent smartwatch.
How We Went From Sundials to Smartwatches
Looking at time from a different angle. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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The fascination with time has inspired countless interfaces, none more radical than the recent smartwatch. At the heart of a region renowned for fine traditional watchmaking, an exhibition reveals how the division of time by mankind more than 5,000 years ago continues to foster ingeniousness and creativity.

Telling Time at Lausanne’s Mudac design museum focuses on the capture of time by watchmakers, designers and artists from the 16th century to today, including the brazen newcomer, the Apple Watch.

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