Clocks

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

This clock is an architectural flourish that stands out as a landmark among a unique Israeli German community.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

An obsolete form of timekeeping still marks the hour in this adapted 19th century lighthouse.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.