If the workings of a mechanical timepiece give you a thrill, prepare to be blown away by this over-the-top astronomical clock. The horological masterpiece, which was designed by [Mark Frank] as his ...

Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it. Share full article The Arachnophobia clock, from a ...

As fun as micro-controllers and RTCs are, sometimes it’s truly fascinating to see a completely mechanical clock. Using only gravity this Pendulum Marble Clock ...

Atlanta-based Lathem Time Corporation had a good year in 1938. That’s when federal law began requiring employers to keep track of the comings and goings of workers eligible for overtime. Lathem ...

Jeff Bezos is no stranger to moonshots. But this one's not heading to space—it's heading deep inside a mountain. The Amazon founder and world's third-richest man has spent a cool $42 million building ...

My grandparents’ tiny house on Long Island was full of clocks. A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar in the ...

Inside the 346 Broadway Clock Tower (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Tribeca is one of the few neighborhoods where you can tell time by a 19th-century clock tower, as the mechanical ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps. While our brains perceive two distinct sounds, clocks actually produce ...

So many gauges and switches! The future is here! The running gear in the 810 was more or less the same as what 280Z buyers got, though with the smaller 2.4-liter straight-six engine out of the 240Z.

Every second of every minute of every hour of every day, the dozens of antique clocks in Peter Rioux’s Winterport shop tick and chime the time away. The endless cacophony is enough to drive a person ...