A Cedarburg clock repairman is preserving time despite it slowly ticking away. In 2024, he worked on more than 1,000 new and antique clocks. That number is going up every year.

Work to fix a recently restored century-old time ball on the clock tower of Hull's Guildhall is due to take place this week.

HANNIBAL, Mo. — John Ryan started on-the-job clock repair training when he was just 15. Matt Walden began his apprenticeship in the clock repair field after a 23-year career with the U.S. Air Force.

This was after a request from a specialist clock repair company used by the council, Smiths of Derby. Planning documents suggested there had been soil slippage and the move was for health and ...