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.

Christiaan Huygens was a busy scholar. Among his many achievements, the Dutch scientist figured out the shape of Saturn's rings and discovered that planet's largest moon, Titan. He founded the theory ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA — Bob King connects with history every day. As owner of Pendulum Bob's Clock Shop at 1400 Forum Blvd., King examines clocks handcrafted as early as the 1830s and brings their broken parts ...

Hang two pendulum clocks on the same wall, and over time, something strange will happen: the two clocks will tick in synchrony. Renowned Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, the inventor of the ...

Forty-seven years ago I bought an antique regulator clock. I liked its mechanics working off a pendulum, wound with a key pressed and turned in its belly. It chimed every hour. There was a knob under ...

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 ...

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 ...