Time is something uniquely important to humans, and they remain the only creatures on the planet to build devices to regularly track its progress. [Ivan Miranda] is one such creature, and built a ...

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 ...

Vince Stanley shows off his beer-bottle clock. It is 20 feet long and uses translucent green Yuengling bottles to form the teeth of its gears. MILLVILLE, Pa. — At the Stanley Clock Works workshop, ...

My grandparents’ tiny house on Long Island was full of clocks. A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar in the ...

Dave Welch makes a living out of time, yet he doesn’t wear a watch. “Don’t need one,” he said, swiveling his chair to better survey the vast array of clocks in his Vergennes domain — big ones, small ...