The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall can influence each other and synchronize over time may hold even more secrets than previously thought, researchers say.

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 ...

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 ...

Hang two pendulum clocks on the same wall, and over time, something strange will happen: the two clocks will tick in synchrony. Renowned Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, the inventor of the ...

Before we all pulled our iPhones out of our back pocket to check the time, time was held by clocks, and some were the pinnacle of opulence. When it comes to antique clocks, there’s a world of rare and ...

TO THEIR OWN HISTORY AS THE SEA OF CLOCKS COLLECTED HERE AT DELANEY. ANTIQUE CLOCKS IN WEST TOWNSEND STARTED IN ENGLAND. MY FATHER WAS TEACHING ON AN AIR FORCE BASE AND MY MOM WAS WITH THE RED CROSS.

An antique clock (but not this one) has Contributing Columnist Christopher de Vinck thinking about mortality. Forty-seven years ago I bought an antique regulator clock. I liked its mechanics working ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Cellphones didn’t exist in 1878, the year the giant Seth Thomas clock was installed in the Peoria County Courthouse. Long before the invention of the ubiquitous modern timepiece, ...

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 ...