Before people commonly used watches and clocks, how did they keep track for time?

Question

zone time

Answer 1

Daily time was kept with sundials and the seasons were charted by planets and stars.

Answer 2

People were able to tell time by the position of the sun. If the sun is directly above you, it is 12 noon. Then society invented the sundial, which read the sun's position for them. It's just another thing that makes our lives easier and us more lazy.

Answer 3

I think people know its time for bed , and time to get up , due to nightfall and sunshine. the moon probably went full moon , part moon , half moon etc , also the tide of the sea , indicates time also. also seasonal months , they probably recognised winter , summer , spring , autumn through the nature , so time was probably tracked this way before the clock came. also the postion of the sunshine during the summer months probably was also a indicator .

Answer 4

The sun, the stars and the seasons.

Answer 5

properly me stupid head concept went returned then realised interior the wee hours they went forward so this am up late and shattered. I widespread do it earlier i bypass to mattress which I did yet backwards ha ha ha I watched 4 pints greater desirable and bag of crisps thinking the lot became finished at one million ha ha

Answer 6

the sun and seasons
you know Romans made a sun-doll

Answer 7

they phoned the speaking clock

Answer 8

the sun and moon and stars

Answer 9

sundials and waterclocks and such

http://www.physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/early.html