While some retro trends are coming back, wall clocks and alarm clocks may be on their way out for good. This is why they are ...

Clocks are such mundane objects that it’s sometimes hard for them to grab your attention. They’re there when you need them, but they don’t exactly invite you to watch them work. Unless, of course, you ...

There are plenty of cool clocks out there, and maps by their very essence are cool, too. But a map that’s also a clock — or is it a clock that’s also a map? — has to be the coolest thing ever. Of ...

Vintage clocks gathering dust in the attic could score you some serious extra cash. This list features antique pieces that ...

Today’s most advanced clocks keep time with an incredibly precise rhythm. But a new experiment suggests that clocks’ precision comes at a price: entropy. Entropy, or disorder, is created each time a ...

As convenient as it might be to use your phone as an alarm clock, standalone alarm clocks come with all kinds of features that can make waking up — or even going to sleep — a little less painful. Some ...

Your clock could simply display that it’s 4:09. Or your clock could grab your arm like a Parisian poet strolling along the Rhine, and extol the virtues of time: “Four-oh-nine, a cosmic sight, / ...

A hobbyist who blogs as Chip Overclock wasn't satisfied with his GPS-disciplined desk clock. The Raspberry Pi inside it kept time within microseconds of UTC, but only when GPS satellites were ...

If you've got the time, we've got the riddle. And it's time for a riddle about time: How many numbers are on a clock? It begins with the simplest of questions that, nevertheless, has no simple answer.

From time to time, you might notice a shot of a clock in a movie. In a film like "Back to the Future," they're key to the plot; lightning strikes the clock tower at exactly 10:04 p.m. But often, ...