It was the earliest design of a pendulum clock. Such devices could be considered an extension of the idea behind the pendulum clock. It is the part that makes the "ticking" sound in a working pendulum clock. Before the invention of the pendulum clock, sundials were the only accurate timepieces. The next development in accuracy occurred after 1656 with the invention of the pendulum clock. Examples include the swings of a pendulum clock, and the heartbeat while resting. During the Industrial Revolution, daily life was organized around the home pendulum clock. Daimler baptized it the "Standuhr" (Grandfather Clock) because of its resemblance to a pendulum clock. When the Enchantress curses the Beast, he is transformed into a pendulum clock. It is driven by a pendulum clock, which has 9 weights or ponds. He communicated Galileo's ideas for a pendulum clock to Christiaan Huygens (who improved on it). The first pendulum clock was built in 1657 by Christiaan Huygens using a different design. The torsion pendulum clock was first invented and patented by American Aaron Crane in 1841. The first pendulum clock was designed and built by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, in 1656. In 1656 the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens built the first pendulum clock.