[Keith] got his hands on a few grandfather clocks. Apparently the price tag is greatly reduced if you are able to get them second-hand. The mechanical timepieces require weekly winding, which is a … ...

It has a metal plaque attached that says “Manufacd by the American Button-Hole Overseaming and Sewing Machine Co., Phila. Pa.” Patent dates of 1850, 1865, 1866, and 1868 are listed.

If a ticking clock is the heartbeat of a home, a little arrhythmia is not uncommon. Old clocks can be fussy, especially when moved from their longstanding positions or relocated to a different ...

Observant students may have noticed that the Stanford Clock Tower has been about six minutes behind schedule this quarter. The truth is, the clock was actually a full 12 hours off, as well.

It seems odd that a 17-foot-tall landmark, standing on such a busy intersection of downtown, could be so camouflaged. Most downtowners pass the 137-year-old Hertzberg clock at Houston and St. Mary ...

More than 600 years later, that very same clock is faithfully "ticking" away, its large, iron cogs slowly rotating as a small shaft clinks into a metal cog every four seconds.