Introduction

The Glasen-clocks uses acoustic signals to indicate the status of the waking hours during seafaring.

Origin: Since the 14th century, the empty glass of an hourglass was turned over and a signal was given with the ship's bell; every turning one strike more - until there were 8 chimes: then there was a change of guard and when the new guard turned the hourglass for the first time, the bell began again with one strike.

"Wheel clocks" have taken on the task of measuring time since the 19th century, but glassing with a ship's bell is still not unknown today.

Manual

The Glasen Appknows 4 clock models: "Ship's Bell", "Big Ben", "Queen Mary 2" and "Silent". A time-out (night's rest) can be entered in the setup.

Ship's Bell: the bell is struck 8 times, at 4, 8 and 12 o'clock, then one more beat every 30 minutes (starting with 1).
Big Ben: every hour on the hour, the original Big Ben bells that correspended to the time sounded.
Queen Mary 2: The typhon of the "Queen Mary 2" sounds at 12 o'clock.
Silent: no bells are struck.

By tapping on the model name (e.g. "Ship's Bell") the clock jumps to the next sound.
By tapping on the clock face, the current chime is given for a short time.
A small menu is called up by 'swiping' on the dial. There can:

the app will be closed ("Yes"),
the setup can be called up ("Setup"),
the menu can be canceled ("Abbrechen").

The Setup changes the permanent settings (the night's time) and the language:

Night's rest from ?: this is where the time the bell should not (Standard=21) be struck is entered.
Night's rest up to ?: Here you enter the time, up to where the bell should not (Standard=8) be struck.
Change language: by clicking on the flag, the respective language is immediately changed.
save & back: After a click on the button, the entries are saved and you go back to the clock.

Historical background

The term "Glasen" for the time calculation on seagoing ships is derived from the hourglasses, which were used to determine the time on board before the invention of the chronometer. It was a half-hour glass and a four-hour glass. The running down and turning of the half-hour glass was indicated by striking the ship's bell, the number of strikes being equal to the frequency of turning. This counting went up to eight, that is, according to a watch, and then began again with turning the four-hour glass. The corresponding times are "eight glasses" (start of the watch), "One glass", "two glasses", -, "seven glasses" up to again "eight glasses" (end of the watch).
Source: Wikipedia

App Download

The easiest way is to go to this page on your mobile phone and start the download or on the PC, simply scan the QR code with your mobile phone; otherwise the installation file "somehow" has to get from the PC to the mobile phone.
The storage in the mobile phone should probably be in the "Download" directory. This can be done with the "My Documents" app be checked quickly.
If the file "Glasen.apk" is found, simply click on it - the installation takes place immediately. If a message appears that no third-party app may be installed, this can be changed in the settings.

start download
(Version of 18.Oct.2021)