
Literal time ladies used to sell people a look at their watches
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created: May 7, 2025, 12:30 p.m. | updated: May 17, 2025, 12:32 p.m.
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Starting in 1836, a former Royal Observatory employee named John Belville charged people an annual fee to use his pocket watch.
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