Clocks are ancient devices because people have always needed to keep track of time. Around the world, sundials, water timers, candle clocks and hourglasses were the earliest timekeepers. However, once ...
In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, noticed a curious phenomenon. When two identical pendulum clocks are mounted next to each other on a wall, their swings ...
Noon in Skip’s Clock Shop in Randolph sounds a lot like the introduction to Pink Floyd’s 1972 song “Time.” Before the hour strikes, the windowless workshop is quiet except for the steady ticking of ...
Why Vintage Clocks Are the New Statement Decor? Time Will Tell!: By Sudeshna Paul Every home needs a heartbeat, and for many, that comes from a vintage clock, which brings along all the old-school ...
For more than four decades, Mr Mun Chor Weng has kept a clock thought to have decorated one of Asia’s finest hotels at the turn of the 20th century. At the crack of dawn every Sunday, the 83-year-old ...