CEDAR RAPIDS — Some clocks just go “tick tock.” A few do astronomical things. By fall, the Clock Tower standing silently in Czech Village will sing and dance, and show the phases of the sun and moon, ...

Across India’s temple towns, a striking new timepiece is quietly reshaping how time is seen and understood. Rooted in ...

We’ll admit we are suckers for clock projects, and the more unusual, the better. We liked the look of [Peter Balch’s] astronomical clock, especially since it was handcrafted and was a relatively ...

All living creatures are affected by the cycles of celestial objects. Humans have always been locked into the rhythms of sunrise and sunset, the phases of the Moon, and the seasons. We left some of ...

An 18th-century Neoclassical clock standing ten feet tall, made by a clockmaker to the French king, may fetch as much as $850,000 at a Paris auction on June 30. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occasion,” ...

If you visit the Copenhagen City Hall, you’ll see an ornate mechanical clock. By itself, this is unremarkable, of course. There are plenty of ornate clocks in city halls around the world, but this one ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — With Czech and Slovak dignitaries and hundreds of visitors in attendance, Friday’s clock tower dedication near the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library’s cul-de-sac was a full ...

All living creatures are affected by the cycles of celestial objects. Humans have always been locked into the rhythms of sunrise and sunset, the phases of the Moon, and the seasons. We left some of ...