An American tall case (grandfather) clock made by Isaac Doolittle about 1760 in New Haven spent much of its life in Thankeful ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned by the valuation of her inherited alarm clock during the latest episode of the popular BBC show. The episode, which aired on Sunday night (September 15 ...
The collection, which Lenox first introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 1993, has become an enviable collector’s item in recent years, with full sets selling for upwards of $1,000 on eBay.
The episode of the BBC show, which originally aired in 2000, saw expert Hugh Scully meet with the guest at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She had brought along a huge 19th century ...
Clocks will "fall back" one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 3, granting most people an extra hour of sleep. With the change comes earlier sunrises and nightfall well before 7 p.m. It won't be until March ...
LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - A long-loved antique mall in Lake City will be shutting down after almost 30 years in business. Webb’s Antique Mall management posted on their Facebook page that April 1, 2025 ...
FOR THE discerning timekeeper, only an atomic clock will do. Whereas the best quartz timepieces will lose a millisecond every six weeks, an atomic clock might not lose a thousandth of one in a decade.
Today most electric clocks or watches measure the steady vibrations of quartz crystals. But even the best pacemakers drift; in one form or another, creeping chaos eventually corrupts the order of ...
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Ekkehard Peik is a clock-maker. But instead of spending his days looking at tiny cogs and springs through a magnifying glass, the tools of his trade are powerful lasers, wires and, occasionally ...
Though Labor Day has passed and fall starts in less than three weeks, we’re still more than eight weeks from the end of Daylight Saving Time and turning our clocks back one hour. Daylight Saving ...