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In the Black Forest town of Triberg, visitors can marvel at a genuine world record holder that's been attracting attention for over 30 years: the largest cuckoo clock on the planet. Its dimensions are ...

We love the Clockswise Vintage Grandfather Wood-Looking Plastic Pendulum Decorative Battery-Operated Wall Clock Brown for its timeless charm and quiet operation.

Because of the precision of the tall clocks, a minute hand was added. Eventually, a glass front was introduced to display the pendulum, chains and weights.

That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum t… ...

At 40-feet wide and 2,000 pounds, the ceiling clock at the Lexington Central Public Library is the biggest in the world. A brass Foucault pendulum hangs down 70 feet from the center of the clock.

Clocks in Galileo’s era told time only to the nearest quarter hour and allowed only crude rate regulation. The pendulum-regulated clock, first conceived by Galileo and then realized by Christian ...

With this app, you can draw your very own pendulum clock by hand. Freely create your clock on the screen, add hands that show the time, and a gently swinging pendulum to make it move just like a ...

The Sligh Furniture Co. now has a single glass-and-brass floor clock in its line. Nearly everything else–and there are hundreds of different grandfather clocks for sale–is traditional, done in ...

A pendulum from one third-floor clock swings through a large slot cut through the second-floor dining room ceiling. “It’s an amazing, otherworldly place,” neighbor Peter Duvall said.