WINTHROP, N.Y. – Above an auto garage in this town near the Canadian border, there is a large gilt clock dial from a different era. Behind its facade, there lies a clock mechanism comprising an ...

David Sparkes, county director of buildings and grounds, looks over the clock gears in the clocktower of the Douglas County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. The gear-drive motor for the clock, ...

SPRINGFIELD - At noon, the clock struck "won." After being silent for about a decade, the bells on top of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site at Springfield Technical Community College ...

MANSFIELD - Mansfield’s old town hall was a stately building. Opened in 1883, its belfry was adorned by a four-sided clock with arms that were a foot long. Each clock face was just under three feet in ...

NICHOLASVILLE — Time just keeps marching on; but even the finest clock needs some adjustment after 135 years of time keeping. So officials called in Danny Clark earlier this week to figure out why the ...

Sunlight falls through tall arched windows, illuminating a dusty concrete floor and, at the center of it, the orderly assemblage of gears, parts and levers that forms the ticking mechanical heart of ...

In a way, Philip D’Avanza is a time traveler. He repairs clocks — concentrating on the enormous timepieces nestled high up in places of worship and public buildings like Newton’s City Hall, where many ...

Are you one of the many people who either inherited an old clock or found one you love for its artistry and craftsmanship, but it doesn’t work, and you have no idea what to do with it? Such was my ...

TUSCALOOSA | Timing is everything to Kenneth Moore. It's how he makes his living in a job in which he works with baffles and bushings to get the pings and bongs just right. Moore is a clock repairman.

While most will be enjoying an extra hour's sleep as the clocks go back on Sunday morning, for those who look after them it is a busy time. Across the West Country, people will be heading out to look ...