The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to go.

Kathleen Robbiani’s patients never complain. They don’t even utter an “ouch” as she works her magic to set a broken arm or stitch up a major laceration. They smile happily as she works to restore them ...

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. While most people check the time on their smartphones, Brittany Nicole Cox is dedicated to preserving an older ...

Peter Lilienthal sees potential where others see none left. “I hate to see good things go in the garbage,” he said. Now 68 and the proprietor of Good as Old Antiques Repair & Art Gallery in Sheffield, ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Time ticks softly in Peter Nunes’ workshop, punctuated by low gongs and bright chimes emanating from dozens of antique clocks lining shelves and walls. These reflect American, French ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Members of the Bellows Falls Woman's Club recently helped celebrate the restoration of an antique grandfather clock at the Rockingham Free Public Library. The clock was presented to ...

At Beijing's Palace Museum, it sometimes seems that time stands still, but the clocks keep ticking at a small workshop. This is where clock conservator Qi Haonan works. As the fourth generation to ...

Local leaders raised the funds, but mysteriously, there was no record of what the battered timepiece looked like when it was installed more than 100 years ago. By John Freeman Gill On a busy strip of ...

MINNEDOSA — An antique clock worker has restarted the hands of time above Main Street Minnedosa with a little help from the local government. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our ...