Hackaday

An Astronomical Mechanical Clock, In More Ways Than One

If the workings of a mechanical timepiece give you a thrill, prepare to be blown away by this over-the-top astronomical clock. The horological masterpiece, which was designed by [Mark Frank] as his ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

It's time: 216 years later, a mechanical genius' clock comes home to Sunapee

T he new HVAC system may be a sign of the times, but it’s the higher-pitched dongs coming from a 19th-century treasure — a 7-foot, 3-inch-tall grandfather clock purchased through $9,000 in donations — ...
Hackaday

mechanical clock

When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited to ...
The Verge

The Mechanical CPU Clock ingeniously tells time while teaching computer concepts

Lior Elazary created a clock with the essential elements of a CPU — the arithmetic processing unit, buses, RAM, register, and a control unit — and created a physical process with a ball bearing and ...
Forbes

Meet The Urwerk $2.7 Million AMC Atomic Clock And Paired Wristwatch

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. At the close of 2018, Swiss independent watch brand Urwerk unveiled its amazing ...
Marketplace

The mechanical time clock is itself clocking out

Atlanta-based Lathem Time Corporation had a good year in 1938. That’s when federal law began requiring employers to keep track of the comings and goings of workers eligible for overtime. Lathem ...
ABC7

Japanese student builds intricate wooden mechanical clock

A Japanese college student built a mechanical wooden clock that writes out the time every minute. The clock keeps ticking with the help of four weights and has no electrical parts. Kango Suzuki posted ...
gearpatrol

Travel in Style with This Mechanical Desk Clock

You don’t need a travel clock. We get it. It’s 2020. Your iPhone knows what time it is. Blah blah blah. We’ve heard it all before. Are you wearing a watch? Great — you’re sufficiently old-school. Keep ...
NBC Montana

Stevensville clockman busy repairing mechanical heirlooms

STEVENSVILLE, Mont. - The grandfather clocks, mantle clocks and treasured cuckoo clocks we remember in our grandma's house are hot items in the antique market. But the tradesmen who repair those old ...
Channel 3000

This clock repair shop has stood the test of time

My grandparents’ tiny house on Long Island was full of clocks. A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar in the ...
EDN

Symphony Mechanical Chiming Nixie Tube Clock

When finished, the Symphony will hang on a wall like an animated picture. It will boast two clocks showing dual time (one London, the other Scotland — don’t ask!). When finished, the Symphony will ...