An 18th-century Neoclassical clock standing ten feet tall, made by a clockmaker to the French king, may fetch as much as $850,000 at a Paris auction on June 30. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occasion,” ...

All living creatures are affected by the cycles of celestial objects. Humans have always been locked into the rhythms of sunrise and sunset, the phases of the Moon, and the seasons. We left some of ...

Le Louvre is shining a spotlight on the often unknowable world of the mechanical arts, with a new exhibition exploring humanity’s awesome attempts to measure time. Amongst a collection of ...

If you visit the Copenhagen City Hall, you’ll see an ornate mechanical clock. By itself, this is unremarkable, of course. There are plenty of ornate clocks in city halls around the world, but this one ...

Prague’s Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square), with the astronomical clock to the left (photo by Claire Voon) Legend has it that in the Middle Ages, there was a clockmaker so talented that he ...

All living creatures are affected by the cycles of celestial objects. Humans have always been locked into the rhythms of sunrise and sunset, the phases of the Moon, and the seasons. We left some of ...