Lecture explaining the history of Japanese Meiji clocks from 1870-1912 and beyond. Explaining why they look like western clocks and how they came to be. Two examples shown are from The Meiji and Seikosha Companies respectively. This is an updated version of my original lecture. Correction: In the video I state that the period after Meiji;s death in 1912, was called the Showa(Hirohito) period. The Showa period did not start until 1926. Between 1912 and 1926 there was Emperor Taisho(Yoshihito), but he was totally eclipsed by his fathers greatness/reforms, and in the world of clockmaking was an insignificant time. Clocks made during his reign were still considered Meiji clocks. Hello to everyone, my name is Ab, I appreciate you taking the time to watch my video, and hope you found it to be informative.

Viewer John Helt pointed out in the previous video that my Japanese clock said Made in China at the bottom of the dial! Even though that made me feel like a donkey, which was my fault, I made a correction video here. Thank you so much John!