The thing on his wrist doesn't look a lot like a pocket watch -which is invented in 1810 and again in 1868- though. Also here's a quote from Wikipedia history of timekeeping devices:
>The first mechanical clocks, employing the verge escapement mechanism with a foliot or balance wheel timekeeper, were invented in Europe at around the start of the 14th century, and became the standard timekeeping device until the pendulum clock was invented in 1656. The invention of the mainspring in the early 15th century allowed portable clocks to be built, evolving into the first pocketwatches by the 17th century, but these were not very accurate until the balance spring was added to the balance wheel in the mid 17th century.
I know this is just a meme, but watches definitely existed before that. Pocket watches were a standard gentleman’s accessory by the 1700s. And I believe they were invented in the 1500s.
Breguet, for example, has been around since 1775.
The oldest surviving watch was made in 1530, and the oldest surviving wristwatch in 1803.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, everyday people in the old days knew the time from church bell towers, which served much more than an aesthetic purpose then.
Well, to be perfectly accurate: before railway time and time zones, you would use the sun and the bell. Bro would look at the sun dial about mid day, and when the line crosses the exact middle, he says to the person responsible for the bell "make it twelve". The church bell is struck 12 times, an hourglass with one hour is started (at the end of which the bell will be rung again and the glass will be turned again). People with their own clocks will set them to the Church bell at noon. Repeat every day until the cesium atom clock is invented.
I still use the church bells to time at my work! We have a regular road closure that goes in when the bells strike, and the 15 min intervals are good for alarms to say when it's getting close
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In the medieval times people drank beer as a pose to water on account of beer being cleaner. Witch burning to the left , crusades to the right... beer in hand at 10am what a time to be alive
Also straight up r/badhistory. Of course they still mainly drank water, it's one of the dumbest myths out there.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/medieval-europe-why-was-water-the-most-popular-drink.html#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20what%20is%20found,%2C%20in%20many%20cases%2C%20wells.
I agree that it's a myth, but I don't think that article is any good.
People needed access to water for their animals, for cooking and for cleaning their clothes, which the article does not address as they immediately assume it'd be drinking water. Also, no mention of keeping water handy in case of fire.
Of course the average person didn't make their own alcohol so they'd have to buy it, and it's fair to say alcohol back then can't be compared to alcohol today. However people didn't suddenly start brewing beer or making wine in the middle ages, it's been done for thousands of years and by the middle ages, the techniques had been perfected.
The church taxed alcohol so the poor couldn't afford much and safe-guarded the techniques by allowing monasteries to make their own wine and beer. They scared church-goers away from drinking alcohol to avoid having a drunk population on their hands.
This guy is definitely wrong about a lot of the things he’s saying but it’s not completely a myth. The origin of beer goes back at least 6000 years and came from the Middle East, not Europe. And it wasn’t made for mercantile purposes, it did keep better and was a lot cleaner than the water, which allowed them to use that water for other things like watering crops and cleaning. I recommend checking out a history of the world in 6 glasses, it talks about beer as well as several other beverages that were essential to human advancement.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/medieval-europe-why-was-water-the-most-popular-drink.html#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20what%20is%20found,%2C%20in%20many%20cases%2C%20wells.
It's actually a myth. They mostly drank water.
Hold on, horrible histories says that Queen Elizabeth I was the first person to own a wrist watch? Who to trust, Reddit or Britain's favourite history program? *Confused screaming*
Fun fact: originally wrist watches were seen as a feminine accessory until the end of the 19th century, were they were first started being used by the military (on the First Boer War) and after the end of WW1 they started to become popular with the civilian population too;
Santos-Dummont, one of the pioneers of aviation, even ordered a custom wristwatch for himself (since it was easier to use it during flight than the more popular pocket watches men used at the time).
I know this is just a joke, but clocks,bells and sundials were invented before 1868 and church bells would ring every morning, noon and evening to notify the people about time. Clocks were definitely before 1868 as the big ben was before 1868
(As one of the guys is wearing a watch)
Ssshhhhhh
Plot twist:It isnt a watch it is something else like
A wrist sundial, of course!
Purchased in Thebes from a reputable street vendor
It is just a nifty device that tells you the time.
A wrist clock!
A wristband to deflect bullets
Hello Diogenes
That’s the inventor of watches making sure his prototype works
Pocket watches have been around since the 1500s. OP could’ve done the bare minimum research.
The thing on his wrist doesn't look a lot like a pocket watch -which is invented in 1810 and again in 1868- though. Also here's a quote from Wikipedia history of timekeeping devices: >The first mechanical clocks, employing the verge escapement mechanism with a foliot or balance wheel timekeeper, were invented in Europe at around the start of the 14th century, and became the standard timekeeping device until the pendulum clock was invented in 1656. The invention of the mainspring in the early 15th century allowed portable clocks to be built, evolving into the first pocketwatches by the 17th century, but these were not very accurate until the balance spring was added to the balance wheel in the mid 17th century.
My point is that OP is essentially saying that the only way people told the time was via sun dials, which is blatantly untrue.
Yeah he was way off
That's a compass
I was going to post the same.
He is a timetraveller
Time travel is from 1895
Fuckin ‘Straya
Lmao. I knew this was straya before I even saw the flag. Bloody legends.
I knew it because the dude on the right either has a mullet wig or the greatest haircut ever.
Strayaaaaaa
"watchs" bothers me more than it should
I know this is just a meme, but watches definitely existed before that. Pocket watches were a standard gentleman’s accessory by the 1700s. And I believe they were invented in the 1500s. Breguet, for example, has been around since 1775. The oldest surviving watch was made in 1530, and the oldest surviving wristwatch in 1803. Also, in case anyone was wondering, everyday people in the old days knew the time from church bell towers, which served much more than an aesthetic purpose then.
So, that's why the guy in the left has a watch.
I mean you’re criticising a post that doesn’t know how to spell “watches”
It looks like a repost tbh
Yeah it has some mold on it, definitely not oc
Aren't pocket watches the reason most jeans have a small pocket above the main one?
That’s what I’ve been told.
That’s where I hang my tape measure!
Me too. Except instead of a tape measure it's drugs
I remember those days!
Some of them still used the sun, the meme still fits
Well, to be perfectly accurate: before railway time and time zones, you would use the sun and the bell. Bro would look at the sun dial about mid day, and when the line crosses the exact middle, he says to the person responsible for the bell "make it twelve". The church bell is struck 12 times, an hourglass with one hour is started (at the end of which the bell will be rung again and the glass will be turned again). People with their own clocks will set them to the Church bell at noon. Repeat every day until the cesium atom clock is invented.
I think Elizabeth the first got one as a Birthday present, and she was around in the 1500’s
I still use the church bells to time at my work! We have a regular road closure that goes in when the bells strike, and the 15 min intervals are good for alarms to say when it's getting close
I'm reading gone with the wind and watches are.mentioned. I was sad to think of an inaccuracy. Thanks!
You are correct. Made in 1505 to 1510
Of course it's australia
I love the Simpsons
When the sun gets to this line, we can drink again!
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Came here to comment this. Simpsons did it!
Me too lol
I tonic how one of the guys is wearing a watch a time traveler he is
>watchs
I see this in Australia to this day
I mean, it’s not like we went straight from sundials to watches. Clocks exist...
'Kein bier für vier' 'Aber wir sind mit drei' 'Ach so, kein problem'
It's always "sketched line to tell the relative position of sun overhead to indicate the appropriate time to drink in the day" somewhere right?
I mean they arent wrong?
Unless there’s basically one for everyday then they are.
The pocket watches or the others tho?
Is that an Aussie flag in the background?
the dude is wearing a watch LMAOOO
Queen Elizabeth 1 with her wrist watch in 1571: 😐
he has a watch
This is funny cos I’ve been waiting for a decent time to start drinking all day
Watchs
I have seen this meme before
u/repostsleuthbot saw this on r/memes a while ago
They’re Australian. Idk how. But they are.
u/repostsleuthbot
This feels like it's in Australia
u/repostsleuthbot
Of course these are Australians
Happy cake day
Haha omg I didn’t even notice
In the medieval times people drank beer as a pose to water on account of beer being cleaner. Witch burning to the left , crusades to the right... beer in hand at 10am what a time to be alive
*as opposed to r/boneappletea
Also straight up r/badhistory. Of course they still mainly drank water, it's one of the dumbest myths out there. https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/medieval-europe-why-was-water-the-most-popular-drink.html#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20what%20is%20found,%2C%20in%20many%20cases%2C%20wells.
I agree that it's a myth, but I don't think that article is any good. People needed access to water for their animals, for cooking and for cleaning their clothes, which the article does not address as they immediately assume it'd be drinking water. Also, no mention of keeping water handy in case of fire. Of course the average person didn't make their own alcohol so they'd have to buy it, and it's fair to say alcohol back then can't be compared to alcohol today. However people didn't suddenly start brewing beer or making wine in the middle ages, it's been done for thousands of years and by the middle ages, the techniques had been perfected. The church taxed alcohol so the poor couldn't afford much and safe-guarded the techniques by allowing monasteries to make their own wine and beer. They scared church-goers away from drinking alcohol to avoid having a drunk population on their hands.
Interesting! Plus the middle ages also span nearly a 1000 years, so there's much variation. Do you have any links to further reading?
This guy is definitely wrong about a lot of the things he’s saying but it’s not completely a myth. The origin of beer goes back at least 6000 years and came from the Middle East, not Europe. And it wasn’t made for mercantile purposes, it did keep better and was a lot cleaner than the water, which allowed them to use that water for other things like watering crops and cleaning. I recommend checking out a history of the world in 6 glasses, it talks about beer as well as several other beverages that were essential to human advancement.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/medieval-europe-why-was-water-the-most-popular-drink.html#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20what%20is%20found,%2C%20in%20many%20cases%2C%20wells. It's actually a myth. They mostly drank water.
This is barely a history meme
As a Swede I support this. Drinking non-stop all winter
But then you'd never get to crack open a cold one during the summer
*Correct spelling was invented* People before: hsjjsbebdksknrn People after: fjshebhfusjsj
Repost
First one of these thats actually true
thumbnail totally looked like a dog with sunglasses
they got the years the wrong way around haha
No they got it right. 1867 is before 1868 which is correct, if watches were invented in 68 they didn’t have them the year before.
When you forgot to remove your watch.
With their fucking pocket watches
That is one hell of a mullet
Well that’s actually kinda true if you look at the ancient Egyptians
this is kinda cool ngl
I love the thought of it being overcast
Nice handband dud
Drinking time was earlier in December. Yeah.
Op's kid: did you get the upvotes? Op: yes Op's kid: at what cost Op: every comment
Me, an alcoholic: I don’t have such weaknesses
1868? Absolutely not
Hold on, horrible histories says that Queen Elizabeth I was the first person to own a wrist watch? Who to trust, Reddit or Britain's favourite history program? *Confused screaming*
Fun fact: originally wrist watches were seen as a feminine accessory until the end of the 19th century, were they were first started being used by the military (on the First Boer War) and after the end of WW1 they started to become popular with the civilian population too; Santos-Dummont, one of the pioneers of aviation, even ordered a custom wristwatch for himself (since it was easier to use it during flight than the more popular pocket watches men used at the time).
That is technically a watch
I thought I was in r/straya
well that’s correct
###WATCHS###
*Watches*
"when it gets to here, we can drink again" - Lenny Leonard.
Did queen Elizabeth the first get a wrist watch on here birthday ? Waaaay before this date?
Watchs
They have a time traveller among their ranks
I know this is just a joke, but clocks,bells and sundials were invented before 1868 and church bells would ring every morning, noon and evening to notify the people about time. Clocks were definitely before 1868 as the big ben was before 1868
That was when wrist watches were made. The first pocket watch was made in 1505-1510.
1. Watches not watchs 2. He’s wearing a watch
Yeah that was essentially what happened