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 ...

The “minute” on your phone is not a natural thing. Nothing in the sky divides an hour into 60 equal parts. Humans invented ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While Tiffany & Co. is best known for its diamond jewelry, the brand also puts out a line of elevated home goods. For the latest addition to its “Time Objects” collection, the clock-specific arm of ...