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Daylight saving time: A century of clock changing could soon run out. How did we get here?

It happens every year. Americans move their clocks one hour forward in the spring and an hour backward in the fall. It is a practice with a 100-year history. But the Senate passed a bill Tuesday that ...
clickondetroit.com

DIA acquires rare 16th century automation clock for permanent collection

The Detroit Institute of Arts recently added a rare 16th century automation clock, "The Rooster's Crow" to its permanent collection. (Detroit Institute of Arts) DETROIT – The Detroit Institute of Arts ...
WFMZ-TV

That old clock on your shelf might be worth more than your smartwatch

Some 19th-century clocks have fetched several thousand dollars at auction, highlighting a shift in how we value longevity and craftsmanship. That old clock on your shelf might be worth more than your ...
Artnet

A Towering 18th-Century Astronomical Clock, Made by a Clockmaker to King Louis XV, Could Fetch $850,000 at Auction

An 18th-century Neoclassical clock standing ten feet tall, made by a clockmaker to the French king, may fetch as much as $850,000 at a Paris auction on June 30. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occasion,” ...
Charlotte Observer

Huge clock that stood 100 years over North Carolina square being removed, town says

A towering “City Clock” that has kept time in Lenoir, North Carolina, for the past century is being dismantled, after experts discovered it could tumble down. Lenoir city officials announced the move ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See These Ornately Decorated 18th-Century Clocks Before Time Runs Out

A mantel clock designed by André-Charles Boulle with a movement by Claude Martinot (circa 1726) © The Trustees of the Wallace Collection An exhibition at London’s ...