[Vinnie] has a wonderful old clock from his grandmother; it’s an exquisite antique with a real mechanical movement and a charming set of bells that ring every hour. Unfortunately, those chimes are a ...

Dehradun: The three pendulum clocks at the Survey of India (SOI) office building here have not stopped ticking since their installation in 1874. These clocks chime every hour and their bells ring ...

The familiar tones of the Westminster Chimes melody float across campus, followed by a short pause. At this time, Stanford students of the early 1900s would have pulled out their pocket watches, ready ...

The chimes of Big Ben have been out by as much as six seconds. Why do public clocks go wrong, asks Nick Eardley. The bongs of Big Ben help bring in the new year and introduce some of the best-known ...

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