Think of him as Grandfather Time. David Lindow is one of the last manufacturers in the country of grandfather clocks. As he practices a venerable craft dating back to the 17th century, the clock may ...

The 1925 banjo-shaped clock had not worked for eight years when the owner brought it to Don Christo. Now, tick follows tock and the clock's pendulum lazily swings in time. In an age when people think ...

PHILADELPHIA -- In a dusty, sunlit workshop, James S. Shott carves time out of tiger maple and cherry wood. For a month, he chisels, scrapes, sands and polishes. Then he mounts a brass-and-steel ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Founded in 1631, the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is the oldest surviving horological institute in the ...