What started as a simple “can I make it run longer” spiraled into a full-blown beautiful grandfather clock. A gear drive, a ratcheted winding sprocket, and a ball chain gave the clock about ...

In 2001, Japanese physicist Hidetoshi Katori proposed a new type of atomic clock that ... timekeeping ‘pendulums’ – which, like grandfather clocks, involve weights suspended from a pivot ...

The floor of the clock was broken, and half of it missing. So I just do a couple quick measurements on the inside and cut out a new piece. This is the most common broken thing on grandfather clocks.

A Detroit suburb's dance company reached a performance milestone against the odds after losing thousands of dollars worth of its set before opening night.