But about six months ago, I started a job that makes that luxury impossible. I work for a local news channel writing scripts ...

Learn how to turn a simple wood slab into a sleek, modern timepiece.

Minimalist wood block + high-tech LEDs = one fabulous combination. We love the simplicity of this Japanese clock design: when the clock is turned off it resembles little more than a wood block.

Clayton Boyer was inspired to build wooden clocks by plans he saw in Popular Mechanics 45 years ago. Since building his first clock, Boyer has designed more than 50 extraordinary timepieces. But ...

If wood sounds like a less durable material than metal for clockmaking, consider a wooden Harrison clock kept by the National Trust in the UK which “has been ticking steadily for 300 years.” (Though, ...

Unlike wooden clocks, brass movements were unaffected by humidity and could be transported by ship. The entire world, clockmakers quickly recognized, was a potential market. The reception Chauncey ...

Unlike wooden clocks, brass movements were unaffected by humidity and could be transported by ship. The entire world, clockmakers quickly recognized, was a potential market. The reception Chauncey ...