Phoenix, AZ, June 27, 2013 -- Have you ever been unable to sleep because a ticking clock kept you awake? Many have stashed more than a few clocks in a closet or bathroom when visiting relatives ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps ...

We don't all have the same sleep schedule, and this becomes problematic when sharing a bed. This is why LARK has devised a silent alarm that you wear around your wrist while sleeping so you'll be ...

The tick-tick sound comes from the movement of gears and parts inside the clock. In mechanical clocks, a part called the ...

Large mechanical seven-segment displays have a certain presence that you just don’t get in electronic screens. Part of this comes from the rather satisfying click-click-clack sound they make at every ...

It used to be that time was a lot more relative than it is today. With smartphones synced to GPS and network providers’ clocks, we all pretty much have access to an authoritative current time, giving ...

Earlier this month when setting my old-fashioned clocks ahead for daylight savings time in the Quiet Corner, I also checked on that famous/infamous Doomsday Clock. In 1947, researchers who had ...