As a rule, Donald Saff doesn’t collect clocks he can’t see inside of. It’s the harmonic entanglement of gears—and the skill needed to craft them—that first lured him to horology, the study of ...

Mystery clocks have been popular since the 18th century. The clock seems to have no mechanism but keeps time. One of the most famous is the swinging-arm clock. A tall classical figure, usually bronze, ...

Would you believe a pendulum clock that can keep time accurately to within one second per year? If you answered “yes”, you’ve either never tried to regulate a pendulum clock yourself, or you already ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. After decades of experiments with the ...

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 ...

Clocks have been made in forms that depend on the size and shape of the clock's mechanism. The 18th-century tall case, or grandfather, clock was made to hold a long pendulum. In 1816, Eli Terry ...

The actual clockwork mechanism is about 4 feet tall and 4½ feet long and sits on a wooden platform some 100 feet up in the top of the tower. The clock is powered by two weights that drop down the ...

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 ...

The familiar tones of the Westminster Chimes melody float across campus, followed by a short pause. At this time, Stanford students of the early 1900s would have pulled out their pocket watches, ready ...

John Harrison, one of the world’s greatest clockmakers, claimed to have designed the perfect pendulum clock in the mid-18th century. Instead of being celebrated, Harrison’s plans were chastised and ...