A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar ... or old-fashioned clock repair — but that’s not true.

Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even ...

A turf fire warmed the room. It was the first day of a weekend course on antique clock repair, taught by Nigel Barnes, a fifth-generation horologist who has been offering the classes since 2008 ...

Now, Kolbe is taking offers from people interested in buying him out. After more than a half-century in the clock-repair business, Bob Kolbe still has a lot of time on his hands. “I’m like the ...

BBC Repair Shop horologist Steve Fletcher gets up close and personal with the clock face at Manchester Town Hall The painstaking restoration of a town hall's Victorian clock is to feature in an ...