A chance clock-repairer at last took notice and found it as good as ever, needing merely a brush of oil. Now it has re-established itself on a mantelpiece just off the main stream of household traffic, and the pulse-beat of its pendulum is an appreciated back- drop.

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With the falling stock markets and house prices around the world more and more people are seeing their wealth they have amassed deteriorate before their very eyes. Smart investors are [...]

I found this film and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
It was made in 1949 for the “Hamilton Watch Company”

It shows a simple demonstration of the basic design and operation
of a watch…
It’s really neat if you’re into watch movements, as it goes into great detail,
including the reason the hairspring is shaped the [...]

by John Mowatt
In the early 1800s a number of American clock makers were producing shelf or mantel clocks in which the movement was made from wood. Gear wheels were shaped from hardwood such as cherry and carefully fitted to run smoothly. Some of these clocks have survived for 200 years or so and are today [...]

The oldest alarm clock ever is the sun, but antiques dealers and clock historians keep saying that the sun “doesn’t count”.  Apparently this is because you can’t put the sun under any kind of value guide.  But alarm clocks have existed long before the idea of buying and selling antiques.  Here is a look at [...]