Just as you update your wardrobe for the new season, you’re probably feeling the itch to refresh your living space as well. But buying a new dress is way different than buying a new sofa. Fortunately, ...

As fun as micro-controllers and RTCs are, sometimes it’s truly fascinating to see a completely mechanical clock. Using only gravity this Pendulum Marble Clock ...

Pendulum clocks, a big advance over the hourglasses and sundials humans once peered at, remained the most precise timekeeping technology until the early 1900s. Based on Galileo’s discovery that ...

Designing a good clock takes a lot of considerations. It’s not just hands, faces, and numbers anymore; there are also word clocks, electronic clocks, marble clocks, or water clocks, and just about ...

I remember seeing my first marble clock in a shop window in Geneva when I was very young and being mesmerised by the balls rolling every minute to indicate the passing of time. It was sometime later I ...

The first successful attempt at mass-produced clocks happened early in the 19th century when three inventors from Connecticut developed an economical system powered by interchangeable parts. The home ...