The complicated 18th-century pendulum clock was in a blackened state of disrepair and deemed unfixable by Sotheby’s auction house. Known as the Pendule Sympathique, it was a showcase of the legendary ...

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 ...

Dean Armentrout’s problem clocks keep him awake at night. Some run fast. Some run slow, and some don’t run at all. Repairs often mean cleaning and oiling the mechanism; balky escapements, missing ...