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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...