The inventor of the punch clock is Willard Legrand Bundy, a prolific 19th-century American inventor who was born in Otsego, New York, according to History-Computer.com, a computer history website.

Willard Legrand Bundy invented the punch time clock in 1889, according to Citadel. According to National Today, the punch clock is celebrated on "Punch The Clock Day" every year on Jan. 27.