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 ...

Peter Lilienthal sees potential where others see none left. “I hate to see good things go in the garbage,” he said. Now 68 and the proprietor of Good as Old Antiques Repair & Art Gallery in Sheffield, ...

HINGHAM — The hands of 87-year-old Astrid Donnellan are as steady as a surgeon as she painstakingly works on restoring the dial of an 1825 antique clock. Clocks are on everyone’s minds this weekend as ...

The evolution of clocks has been ongoing since ancient civilizations began using sundials, progressing from there to water clocks, then to pendulums and mechanical clocks, and eventually to modern bat ...

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A church is set to welcome home what experts believe is one of the oldest working timepieces in the country. The much-loved, turret clock has been undergoing specialist restoration since its removal ...

The historic Little John bell at the top of Nottingham Council House has fallen silent for two months while the near 100-year-old clock is serviced to fix ‘chiming issues’. A senior Nottingham ...