My 25-year-old cuckoo clock hung on the dining room wall silent for over two years. Finally, this month, I decided to see if I could repair the clock to produce the comforting, hourly cuckoo whistle ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Bill Galinsky has likely heard the call of the American cowbird more times than an ornithologist. The European cuckoo, too — Galinsky hears that bird all day, every day. Whether it’s ...

If you're the type of person who is tired of constantly watching the clock, waiting for the end of the workday, do not go anywhere near Bucky Taylor. It will be your living hell. Taylor can't escape ...

TUSCALOOSA | Timing is everything to Kenneth Moore. It's how he makes his living in a job in which he works with baffles and bushings to get the pings and bongs just right. Moore is a clock repairman.

"If it ticks, we can fix!" says expert repairman John Batrice, owner of The Clock Doc.At The Clock Doc, timepiece repair is their only business, not a sideline. John offers expert repair service for ...

Nigel Barnes, a fifth-generation horologist, acknowledges that it is a “tall order” to learn to fix a clock in two days. But some manage it, he said. Nigel Barnes working with Seán Martin, who had ...

STEVENSVILLE, Mont. - The grandfather clocks, mantle clocks and treasured cuckoo clocks we remember in our grandma's house are hot items in the antique market. But the tradesmen who repair those old ...

The European cuckoo, too -- Galinsky hears that bird all day, every day. Whether it's the 20 cuckoo clocks in his home or the hundreds he has built or collected or is currently repairing in his ...