Thanks to wearables like the Apple Watch, there’s no doubt that our timepieces are getting smarter and more high-tech. However, if you really want an attention-grabbing way to tell the time (albeit a ...
The escapement mechanism has been widely used for centuries in mechanical clocks. It is the mechanism by which a clock controls the release of stored energy, allowing it to advance in small, precise ...
I remember seeing my first marble clock in a shop window in Geneva when I was very young and being mesmerised by the balls rolling every minute to indicate the passing of time. It was sometime later I ...
Simon Mehrtens, from Absolute Stainless, with Whangārei mayor Sheryl Mai and Hank Easterbroek from the About Time Trust "turning of the soil" for the About Time rolling ball clock project at the Town ...
The escapement mechanism has been widely used for centuries in mechanical clocks. It is the mechanism by which a clock controls the release of stored energy, allowing it to advance in small, precise ...
Meet the lego device that has to have the last word. By Caroline Crampton Jason Allemann, who has previously treated the internet to such lego-related delights as his Steampunk Walking Ship and the ...