Clocks are such mundane objects that it’s sometimes hard for them to grab your attention. They’re there when you need them, but they don’t exactly invite you to watch them work. Unless, of course, you ...

Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it. Share full article The Arachnophobia clock, from a ...

What if you could build a clock that would last for 10,000 years? A clock that would tick only once a year, bong once a century, and cuckoo once a millennium? A clock that would be a symbol of ...

The clock is a DIY project made from a Raspberry Pi and an E Ink screen, but its creator says he’d like to turn it into a commercial product one day. The clock is a DIY project made from a Raspberry ...

If you have ever sat in a quiet room with a wall clock nearby, you have probably noticed the steady tick-tock rhythm. It is such a common sound that most people barely notice it, yet the reason behind ...

Thanks to smart watches and smartphones, analog clocks aren’t quite as common a sight as they once were. One that still manages to make an impression is the grandfather clock, a vertically imposing ...

If you've got the time, we've got the riddle. And it's time for a riddle about time: How many numbers are on a clock? It begins with the simplest of questions that, nevertheless, has no simple answer.

I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist. Since childhood, my bedside clocks have been a series of red, seven-segment LED clock-radio specials from Walmart or Target. They are ...

Despite all the advertisements for engagement rings and necklace gifts, natural diamonds are imperfect. Their carbon atoms ...