Riddles and Brainteasers

I'm guessing the Patek Philippe caliber 89 pocket watch, with 30 complications and 1,728 components?

The planet Earth?

Nice try. The timepiece must needs be man-made ;)
"n.
1. an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time."

Hmmmm ok

That's the one.

Although, one may argue for the water clock, if you count water droplets.

Like most of these things the answer isn't as easy as it is simple.