[Vinnie] has a wonderful old clock from his grandmother; it’s an exquisite antique with a real mechanical movement and a charming set of bells that ring every hour. Unfortunately, those chimes are a ...

SARASOTA — This clock doctor makes house calls. When Larry Geraci goes out to service a grandfather or other heirloom clock, he wheels in his hard-sided case, filled with specialized tools. He ...

Dehradun: The three pendulum clocks at the Survey of India (SOI) office building here have not stopped ticking since their installation in 1874. These clocks chime every hour and their bells ring ...

Contentedly ticking away in a specially built shed in Nannup, Western Australia is possibly the largest working wooden tower clocks in the world. Built predominantly of jarrah by local Kevin Bird, the ...

Christiaan Huygens was a busy scholar. Among his many achievements, the Dutch scientist figured out the shape of Saturn's rings and discovered that planet's largest moon, Titan. He founded the theory ...

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