Still at the head of the brand he created, Bernhard Lederer was one of the first watchmakers to join the Académie Horlogère ...

To the makers and lovers of clocks this volume will be a welcome addition to their bookshelves. Though not intended to be a complete treatise on the subject, the author deals systematically with the ...

Abstract: The escapement is a feedback regulator that controls the speed of a mechanical clock. The first anchor escapement used in a mechanical clock was designed and applied by Robert Hooke around ...

This week’s selection is the Tourbillon Mechanica by Dan / @Mechanistic. This is an incredible 3D printed mechanical project that you can print and assemble yourself, if you’re up for a very complex ...

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest the symbolic clock has ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

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Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...

When daylight saving time ends on Sunday, and mornings are gradually growing darker. Whether you’re after a gentle sunrise glow or a good old-fashioned buzzer that could wake the neighbors, we’ve ...

The clock going back for winter is far less disruptive than the spring shift, which has been linked to spikes in heart attacks and traffic accidents. Every year, as clocks go back in October, millions ...

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