For the first time in more than a century, the inner workings of Redkey’s historic town clock are no longer tucked away 45 ...

More than 130 years after its installation atop the Cambridge City Hall, a mechanical tower clock — wound by hand each week — continues to chime. Crimson photographers followed David W. Graf, the ...

The Alibi Clock, a 20-foot-tall Vallejo landmark for about 90 years, is working again thanks to two San Francisco experts who restored the clock’s intricate mechanism and a city maintenance worker who ...

Explore the remarkable mechanical workings of Big Ben, the iconic clock tower in London, England, which has been operational ...

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