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 ...

A cloudscape rises above the Santa Cruz Town Clock, which towers over Doug Rand Peace Park, at the convergence of Pacific Avenue and Water and Front streets in downtown Santa Cruz. The tower is Santa ...

A man walks below the landmark Wedge Building on East Broadway at East Third Street in Alton. The current clock covers an even older clock, behind it, which appears to be original to the structure.

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 ...

For years, some residents of the condominium complex at the former Hamilton Watch Co. factory in Lancaster city have been anxiously watching their clocks. After a long history of displaying accurate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 timepiece, which ...

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 ...