With all those modern devices surrounding us, which are able to accurately display the time just as an obligatory, minor feature, a bedside clock’s major point is to add another detail to the interior. In the 18th century, the L’oeil Du Temps clock had the mission to accompany the busy gentleman abroad, that is why it features a concave, magnifying glass, which provides an early-morning-adequate readability or likewise by candlelight at night.