The walls used to be full of antique clocks queuing up for a fix at one of the work tables within customer eyeshot. These days, it's watch batteries that keep him busy most of the time.

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 ...

With time on his hands, Juvers made the decision to sell some of his collection from a booth, Henry’s Clocks, at High Street Antiques & Design in Plano. The reaction from shoppers stunned him.

Among them is a 19th century French, hand-painted porcelain clock made by Meissen. It is full of frills and flourishes, with the figures of four cherubs that represent the four seasons.

Name: Chris Hammond Age: 69 Owner: He and his wife, Anne, own the Savannah Clock Shop. Job: "I am a clocksmith. I restore antique and modern clocks. … I repair mantle clocks, floor clocks and a… ...

Once this had been achieved, Steve plated the hands in gold and reassembled the clock with the anticipation to see if it would be working. "The hands have gone on very well and look great, I'm ...

The grandfather clock, once a status symbol, is now a rare, high-demand antique. Shott is one of a few craftsmen in the country making reproductions of 18th- and 19th-century grandfather clocks.

Antique-clock restorer Peter Reading said his team would work behind the scaffolding to return the clock to its former glory. “We are repairing the hands and restoring the motion,” Mr Reading ...