Sometimes identifying and dating an antique seems easy, but it fools you. An unusual wall clock was offered at a recent auction. It was labeled “Friesland wall clock with automata, 1800.” Friesland is ...

James "Jim" Fiorentino worked for more than 40 years in the garage door business, but he didn't pursue his true longing until after he retired in 1990. "He never wanted to be in the garage door ...

We’ve been seeing a lot of metaclocks lately — a digital clock whose display is formed by the sweeping hands of an array of individual analog clocks. They can look fantastic, and we’ve certainly seen ...

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