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 .

Sometimes a clock's internal movement or pendulum pivot point has shifted slightly so that even though the clock's case appears level, the insides are not. Many old clocks have threaded feet that ...

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.

Each time that energy pulse travels, it tends to push one clock's pendulum in time with the other. The experiment takes up to 18 hours or even days to run, because the clocks synchronize slowly.

The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, scientists say. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Q: My husband and I purchased a beautiful Howard Miller pendulum wall clock in 1994. It worked well until a few months ago, when it began adding two chimes, one at five minutes before the hour and ...

Nearly 250 years after he invented the pendulum clock, the recordkeepers from the Guinness World Records have finally certified it as the world's most accurate way to keep time (in its class).

[Vinnie] has a wonderful old clock from his grandmother; it’s an exquisite antique with a real mechanical movement and a charming set of bells that ring every hour. Unfortunately, those chimes ...

Cleveland Clock Repair owner Michael Daniel, 33, is a young man in a centuries-old and fading craft, battling against the tide in an analog world gone digital and disposable.

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 ...

Each time that energy pulse travels, it tends to push one clock's pendulum in time with the other. The experiment takes up to 18 hours or even days to run, because the clocks synchronize slowly.