There are different types of wall clocks that feature numbered faces as well as minute and second hands instead of digital readouts. This type of clock is still used in most schools so that children can learn to tell time properly instead of relying on digital timepieces. Wall clocks are functional, but they can also [...]

I don’t know if we realize it but time keeping has become a very important part of our lives. We can’t leave the house without a wrist watch even if we have a clock in the car and on our cell phones. Okay, the wrist watch is actually considered jewelry. Maybe we wear them because [...]

I have a fetish for uncommon things. I don’t collect these. It’s just that I like seeing them and I am intrigued. Usually I like researching more on it. Sometimes I just scrutinize it a few minutes then leave it at that. Uncommon things, for me, are what makes the spice of life. An unusual [...]

A mantle clock is a type of timepiece that is designed to be placed on a mantle or other type of flat surface. A mantle clock often has a very distinct style, although the style of some mantle clocks may change depending on the clock maker’s designs. These beautiful timepieces are usually fairly small, and [...]

A pendulum is a relatively long, thin rod that is made of metal or wood that terminates in a disk. In one of the earliest versions of the pendulum clock, this disk weighed down the pendulum rod as it moved from side to side. An escapement gear converted the movement of a gear into the [...]

One thing that we are seeing a lot of these days is decorating retro style. This type of decorating does not pinpoint a certain period although purists will stick to designs popular in certain decades. There are the striking art deco of the 1930s and the psychedelic designs of the 1960s. Others just want to [...]

Most modern clocks work in a similar fashion. They use the oscillation process. Although the methods used vary, oscillating clocks, whether they are mechanical, digital or atomic, whether they are wood clocks or ceramic clocks work similarly. They repeat the same motion over and over again. The oscillator has a precisely constant time interval between [...]

The clock is an instrument used to measure time. It has gone through an evolution that started with the sundial of ancient times which used shadows created by the sun. Other items were used to tell time. There were candle clocks and sticks of incense. Candle clocks were thin candles with spaced markings that indicated [...]

It is widely believed that the cuckoo clock was started in the 17th century. This was about 1630. In the Black Forest area of Germany, there was a peddler selling a clock that had no pendulum, which was the norm for a clock before. The people fancied the clock and improved on it until the [...]

Black Forest, in Germany has always been associated with cuckoo clocks. This is the originally pendulum-driven clock that strikes the hours using small bellows and pipes. The design of the clock is very distinctive. By tradition, it is housed in a ‘chalet’ designed frame decorated with carved leaves and animals. A cuckoo bird comes out [...]