The oldest surviving example of a pendulum clock is the 1657 Hague Pendulum Clock, made by Salomon Coster, which is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden, Netherlands. The clock ...

In a grandfather clock, a pendulum swings back and forth and this periodic motion is maintained using the energy stored in its suspended weights. This is done with the help of the escapement mechanism ...

Five timepieces designed by French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle have taken center stage at London’s Wallace Collection as part of a free display celebrating the artistry of clockmaking and the ...

As a rule, Donald Saff doesn’t collect clocks he can’t see inside of. It’s the harmonic entanglement of gears—and the skill needed to craft them—that first lured him to horology, the study of ...

The Timepiece Museum has about 120 clocks of all shapes and sizes on display, out of a total of about 800, with the oldest dating from the 1400s. Share full article A display at the Timepiece Museum ...

The largest collection of clocks is 1,706, and was achieved by Robert Kennedy (India) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on 23 September 2017. Robert was inspired to begin the collection by his late ...

Christiaan Huygens was a busy scholar. Among his many achievements, the Dutch scientist figured out the shape of Saturn's rings and discovered that planet's largest moon, Titan. He founded the theory ...

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 ...