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1. Prague's Clepsydraastronomical clockwall clockI don't know is the oldest one in the world. It's still working.

2. In the past, a water clockclepsydratime bottleI don't know was a device for measuring time using a water flow.

3. The development of quartz watchesatomic clocksdigital watchesI don't know has led to technological advance such as GPS.

4. Every morning, Jane is awakened at 6 by her barking dogsmartphonealarm clockI don't know.

5. The world is divided into 24 time zonesunits of timeglobe hoursI don't know; they are drawn vertically like longitudes over the Earth.

6. My wristwatch doesn't work, I must go to the watchrepairer'shorologist'swatchmaker'sI don't know.

7. A sun clockastronomical clocksundialI don't know is a horological device that tells time when there is sunlight.It doesn't work at night.

8. The ChinesecalendarmonthbookdatebookI don't know features 12 months except for leap years which feature 13 months.

9. At Mary's, there's a beautiful old wall clockpaintinggrandfather's clockI don't know in the dining room,it belonged to her parents.

10. Time StudyJewelleryHorologyI don't know is the science of measuring time. This word is sometimes used for watchmaking.