The first mechanical clocks worked with weights and were therefore untransportable.
From the end of the 14th century and the end of the 17th century, thanks to the invention of the spring and then the balance-spring, clocks began to be transported in France and Central Europe.
What a revolution for the era: “to carry the time with you!”. At the end of the 18th century, clocks, known as coach watches, capucines or stable lanterns, appeared.
