In 1787, American Levi Hutchens created a mechanical alarm clock with the specific purpose of waking him up every day at 4 AM. He never patented this creation, however. Also, you couldn’t change ...

But creating a product that paid homage to both fine watchmaking and affordable luxury, she soon realized, would entail compromises; a mechanical alarm clock composed of Swiss parts, for example ...

Hutchins never patented or manufactured this clock. It was years later, in 1874, when the French inventor Antoine Redier became the first person to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock.

This was an early industrial version of a mass alarm clock. Levi Hutchins and His Mechanical Alarm Clock In 1787, American ...

Learn more› By Annie Chou Annie Chou is a writer focused on sleep. She has tested several sunrise alarm clocks, white noise machines, and other sleep-related gear. We plan to test the JALL Wake ...

The first adjustable mechanical alarm clock was patented by French inventor Antoine Redier in 1847. In taking apart the clock, Jack has zeroed in on the escapement as the issue, which stopped ...

In 1874, French inventor Antoine Redier patented an adjustable mechanical alarm clock. Seth Thomas patented a mechanical wind-up one a couple years later, and the electric alarm clock was invented ...

Most alarm clocks default to nine minutes of snooze time. This tradition stems from limitations on the physical gears of mechanical clocks. 10 minutes might have been a perfect amount of snooze ...