The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall can influence each other and synchronize over time may hold even more secrets than previously thought, researchers say.

The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to ...

If a ticking clock is the heartbeat of a home, a little arrhythmia is not uncommon. Old clocks can be fussy, especially when moved from their longstanding positions or relocated to a different type of ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Devon Dey: Hi, I'm Devon. Today, I'm going to walk you through how I restore a 200-year-old grandfather clock. [clock chiming] Clocks that old weren't branded ...

An antique clock (but not this one) has Contributing Columnist Christopher de Vinck thinking about mortality. Forty-seven years ago I bought an antique regulator clock. I liked its mechanics working ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Cellphones didn’t exist in 1878, the year the giant Seth Thomas clock was installed in the Peoria County Courthouse. Long before the invention of the ubiquitous modern timepiece, ...

As a rule, Donald Saff doesn’t collect clocks he can’t see inside of. It’s the harmonic entanglement of gears—and the skill needed to craft them—that first lured him to horology, the study of ...

Noon in Skip’s Clock Shop in Randolph sounds a lot like the introduction to Pink Floyd’s 1972 song “Time.” Before the hour strikes, the windowless workshop is quiet except for the steady ticking of ...