[hardlianotion]

To be honest, I have my doubts.

Watches and clocks have always been high status, and watchmakers highly skilled individuals. For the hot polloi, clocktowers in parishes could supply all the time information that mass workers would need - hence the existence of horns and hooters in factory settings. A clock would be a valuable thing in a family and would be handed down. A miniaturised clock would be more valuable still and they were ornamented accordingly.