Pendulum clocks with the statements reached an soon after they were invented.
I meant pendulum clocks with escapements. Voice input error. I should have said, clocks with escapements and then later pendulum clocks. The escapement came first. It was one of the great medieval breakthroughs in technology in the 14th century. Christian Huygens invented the pendulum clock in 1656, and it took a while to reach Japan.
- Jed
