Mechanical clocks first appeared in northern Italy in the 13th century, following earlier methods of timekeeping like ...

A collection of clocks and barometers that make up "300 years of history" are set to be sold at auction on 15 November. Chilcotts Auctioneers and Valuers said it took three days to remove the entire ...

It is not a secret – I like clocks. For those who have been to my home or my home office, you would have been confronted with numerous clocks of all sizes and types. For readers of this column, you ...

SAN DIEGO — The iconic Jessop Clock, a San Diego landmark for over a century, is set to make its return to public display at the San Diego History Center after years in storage. The 22-foot-high ...

Since the 1930s, the Sun Clock and Thermometer at 280 Broadway in Lower Manhattan have reported the time and temperature, albeit not always correctly. However, thanks to a recently completed ...

To a veteran horologist, "time is still a man-made invention." In his Pennsylvania workshop, he fixes its flaws. Horologist Theron "Jeff" Jeffery has been fixing clocks at his Ye Old Clock Shoppe in ...

One of the world's largest clocks sits atop a former soap factory in Clarksville, Indiana. The Colgate clock, with a 40-foot diameter, has been telling time since 1924. High atop a former soap factory ...

Humans have tracked time in one way or another in every civilization we have records of, writes physicist Chad Orzel. In his new book A Brief History of Timekeeping (BenBella Books, 2022), Orzel ...

Have you adjusted to the "spring forward" time switch yet? Or will you be all cattywampus until the fall? Well, either way, when clocks are on the mind, it's a great time to remember some notable ...