The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to go.

HINGHAM — The hands of 87-year-old Astrid Donnellan are as steady as a surgeon as she painstakingly works on restoring the dial of an 1825 antique clock. Clocks are on everyone’s minds this weekend as ...

Are you one of the many people who either inherited an old clock or found one you love for its artistry and craftsmanship, but it doesn’t work, and you have no idea what to do with it? Such was my ...