The craftsmen not only produced clocks with least possible errors but also they created different designs by improving their art. This improvement reached at its highest level in the 18th and 19th centuries. In houses, villas, palaces, over the fire places, consoles, on the tables, walls or standing at the end of a corridor the clocks not only were indicating time but also could be heard at the same time. The effort that had been put in 'catching the right time' with the new inventions which took centuries could be also noticed in mechanics but at the same time, similar systems and their different presentations saved watches and clocks from being monotonous. Being a palace of the 19th century Dolmabahçe is a good example to this situation where artistic clock collections of the 19th century more than the 18th century are exhibited. Some of the clocks had had been given as a present, some bought, some custom-crafted; besides indicating the time they had also been used for decorative purposes in accordance with the structure of the palace.