Some 19th-century clocks have fetched several thousand dollars at auction, highlighting a shift in how we value longevity and craftsmanship. That old clock on your shelf might be worth more than your ...

My scale and my alarm clock are in cahoots. It started when both our old scale and clock suddenly died. They’d had good, long electronic lives but finally gave up the ghost and went to that great ...

It’s Friday, which means I have to wind up the clock on the wall. It’s my wife’s clock. She brought it from Poland, where it had originally been her paternal grandmother’s who lived with them when my ...