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Cameel Halim has had a passion for clocks ever since his childhood, and has been fascinated with their construction and deconstruction. As an adult, Cameel Halim has used his success in the field of real estate to turn that passion into the Halim Time & Glass Museum (www.halimmuseum.org), which showcases objets d'art and antique clocks from around the world. One of the most momentous drivers in the world of timekeeping was Peter Henlein, a clockmaker and locksmith from Nuremberg, Germany, in the 1500s. Henlein had an eventful early life, including participation in a brawl in which one of his fellow locksmiths, George Glaser, died. After spending four years at the local Franciscan monastery, he returned to his trade in Nuremberg, starting to work on miniaturized spring-powered clock designs. His smallest designs were about three inches in size, and suited to be worn as pendants. His work became well known in European scientific circles, and eventually drew the patronage of local nobility. By 1541 he had been tasked with the creation of clocks great and small, including a large tower clock for a castle in Lichtenau. Though his timepieces had considerable faults, chiefly their typically erratic time keeping and limited portability, their popularity ultimately led the charge into a new age of mechanical clock design.

This is worse then the snail thing. Where tf would Henlein even go on the calendar? Was it between 1507 and 1508? I think it was.