Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ralph Kettell was the kind of eccentric only Oxford can produce. Born in Hertfordshire in 1563, he was 15 when he ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps. While our brains perceive two distinct sounds, clocks actually produce ...

THE interesting article by Mr. A. E. Bell on the “Horologium Oscillatorium” in NATURE of August 30 rather suggests that this was Huygens' first book on the pendulum clock. He published a description, ...

Mechanical Watch Supply owner and clock repairman Rory Demesy of Minnesota screws in a piece of the E. Howard & Co. clock at the Benton County Courthouse in Vinton, Iowa on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Grandfather clocks, for hundreds of years, have proven themselves to be a wonderful piece of furniture that delivers elegance and charm to any room. These standalone, towering time-keepers are often ...

(TNS) — In 2003, engineers from Germany and Switzerland began building a bridge across the Rhine River simultaneously from both sides. Months into construction, they found that the two sides did not ...

The reconciliation of general relativity and quantum mechanics is one of the biggest challenges in science, one that continues to elude us. Now, a new study by Anjun Chu and colleagues has examined ...

Now here's a name that even a lot of vintage clock enthusiasts don't hear very often: Imhof. While better known in Europe than America, the Swiss firm made fancy clocks and watches for the likes of ...

The Irish Museum of Time in Waterford city holds one of the most important collections of Irish antique clocks and watches in the world. So it is very fitting that one of the first auctions of the ...

Five timepieces designed by French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle have taken center stage at London’s Wallace Collection as part of a free display celebrating the artistry of clockmaking and the ...