It had two windows in a dial, where hours and minutes are shown on rotating discs. But that wasn’t the case when the first digital clocks were made.Īustrian engineer Josef Pallweber created a ‘jump-hour’ mechanism in 1883. We’d often associate digital clocks with timepieces running on electronic drives. Not to mention that there’s a handy snooze button.ĭid you ever wonder when or how these digital wonders first came to be? It’s inexpensive, easy to tell the time with, and often comes with a built-in AM/FM station.

If you’re not waking up to your phone’s alarm, you’re probably using a digital alarm clock.