Grandfather clocks, for hundreds of years, have proven themselves to be a wonderful piece of furniture that delivers elegance and charm to any room. These standalone, towering time-keepers are ...

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 ...

Lot 100, a Georgian Irish grandfather clock, made in Waterford by Thomas Cahill in around 1770. The mahogany cross-banded case on bracket feet had an opening bid price of €2000 to €3000 but ...