From: Clocks Get Their Decor Due Time was, a clock graced a wall in most homes. Often it was not so much stylish as functional (think old-fashioned school clock). But sometimes it…
Month: February 2010
Ridgeway Grandfather Clocks
Ridgeway Grandfather Clocks began as The Gravely Furniture Company in 1926 and started producing Grandfather Clocks exclusively in 1960. This makes Ridgeway the oldest continuously produced grandfather clock brand in the United…
Clock That Predates London Fire Sells For Record $286,000
A rare and important lantern clock dating back to the reign of James I (1603 – 1625), was sold for $286,000 at Bonhams on June 19, a world record price for a…
World’s most precise clock keeps time to 1 second in 3.7 billion years
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a new version of an atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom which is now…