Readers Meg, Wayne, and Rajiv all wrote in to ask about the tune that clock chimes typically play. What’s it called? Where did it come from? How’d it get so popular? Here’s the story. In 1793, a new ...

When it comes to high watchmaking, this piece has it all. It incorporates all three of watchmaking’s most prestigious complications – minute repeater, perpetual calendar and tourbillon – and then some ...

It seems that the more hectic life gets, the harder it is to consciously slow down and enjoy the experience. There’s always another bill to worry about, and a new deadline around the corner. The last ...

Only in a small town with generous families could we enjoy the sound of Westminster chimes through the restoration of the Carillon in Poland Village’s clock tower. The Verdin Company started ...

Keyport's version of London's Big Ben is a speaker on a 50-foot metal pole that sends out the sound of bells chiming every night at 6 p.m., a ritual since 2005, when officials began playing the ...