How the first clockmaker knew the correct time and how time was measured before mechanical clocks

The first clockmaker did not have to guess what time it was. Long before gears, wheels and moving hands appeared, people had ...
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How did the first-ever clockmaker know what time to set?

The question sounds like a paradox: How did the person who built the first clock know what time to set it without another clock to consult? The answer is that there was no single first clockmaker who ...