The tick-tick sound comes from the movement of gears and parts inside the clock. In mechanical clocks, a part called the ...

[Vinnie] has a wonderful old clock from his grandmother; it’s an exquisite antique with a real mechanical movement and a charming set of bells that ring every hour. Unfortunately, those chimes are a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The innermost workings of a mechanical timekeeper can remain a mystery even for hardened horophiles. But, for ...