If readers want a more concrete numismatic reason to acquire a Rittenhouse Clock, beyond the obvious, Sylvester Crosby provides this information in his description of FUGIO cents:

In a footnote, quoting Barton's Memoirs of David Rittenhouse, p. 467, Crosby explains:

The Barton quote goes on to note that these mottos also appeared on continental currency during the "American war," and on the one cent piece struck in 1787.

See Crosby, Sylvester Sage, The Early Coins of America p. 302. Recall that Crosby himself was a watchmaker by profession.

To read the complete articles, see:

THE RITTENHOUSE EXHIBITION, THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE MUSEUM(ojs.libraries.psu.edu/index.php/pmhb/article
/viewFile/28250/28006)

An Early David Rittenhouse ClockIn the Philadelphia History MuseumAt the Atwater Kent(www.colonialinstruments.com/im/pdf/An_Early_
David_Rittenhouse_Clock.pdf)

Drexel University's Rittenhouse Clock Now the Subject of a New Book - See more at: (www.drexel.edu/now/news-media/releases/archive/2009/October/Drexel-Universitys-Rittenhouse-Clock-Now-the-Subject-of-a-New-Book/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:THE CLOCKS OF DAVID RITTENHOUSE(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n50a09.html)