Clocks

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.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.