“There’s not many of us around anymore,” LaBounty said. “The modern generation is less and less interested in restoring something. They throw it away and get something new.” Clock repairers share a ...

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 type of ...

The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to ...

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 ...

Business name: Hickory Dickory Dock-tor Clock Repair. Location: North of Holland Patent on Route 274. Phone: 339-8061. E-mail: clockdoc@dreamscape.com. Open: By appointment. Owners: Jeff and Louise ...

Hugh Hunt is a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge and is Keeper of the Trinity College Clock. London is soon going to lose one of its most familiar sounds when the world-famous Big Ben falls silent ...