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  2. Samuel Watson (horologist) - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Watson (fl. c.1635-c.1710), [1] was a horologist (clock and watch maker) who invented the 5 minute repeater, [2] and made the first stopwatch. [1] He made a clock for King Charles II [ 3 ] and was an associate of Isaac Newton .

  3. Alarm clock - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...

  4. Stephen Reid (writer) - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Reid (March 13, 1950 – June 12, 2018) was a Canadian criminal and writer, who was a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang and was also convicted twice of bank robbery. Reid served time in over 20 prisons in Canada and the United States. [1] Reid was born in Massey, Ontario, on March 13, 1950, and is of Irish and Ojibwa descent.

  5. Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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    The text below the image shows the time that corresponds to the movement of the indicator around the stopwatch. A stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time that elapses between its activation and deactivation. A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a ...

  6. Timer - Wikipedia

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    A typical kitchen timer. A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. An example of a simple timer is an hourglass.

  7. 555 timer IC - Wikipedia

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    Silicon die of the first 555 chip (1971) Die of a CMOS NXP ICM7555 chip The timer IC was designed in 1971 by Hans Camenzind under contract to Signetics. [3] In 1968, he was hired by Signetics to develop a phase-locked loop (PLL) IC.

  8. Play clock - Wikipedia

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    A play clock, also called a delay-of-game timer, is a countdown clock intended to speed up the pace of the game in gridiron football.The offensive team must put the ball in play by either snapping the ball during a scrimmage down or kicking the ball during a free kick down before the time expires, or else they will be assessed a 5-yard delay of game (American football) or time count violation ...

  9. A Kind of a Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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    "A Kind of a Stopwatch" [1] is a 1963 episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a man acquires a stopwatch which can stop time. In this episode, a man acquires a stopwatch which can stop time.