Every 12 hours, the stepper motor moves a lever and slowly stops the pendulum over the course of a dozen or so seconds, silencing the clock movement. Twelve hours later, the motor turns again ...

Experience the fascinating mechanics of a fully functional Lego mini pendulum clock that brings real clockwork to life. Every piece clicks together to create a smooth pendulum swing and a precise ...

All pendulum clocks have an escapement ... which made it even better than a heavy pendulum at resisting outside movement. Other clockmakers didn’t rush to copy this idea, though, because ...

Put a case around it and it would be a grandfather clock but for now it’s a pendulum clock made from ... a clip that has been sped up to show the movement of the weights over time.

He eventually reasoned that the swings of each pendulum were causing "imperceptible movements" in the beam connecting the two clocks, bringing them into synchrony. When Huygens shared his observations ...

The tall freestanding clocks, also known as a longcase clock, typically housed a pendulum movement and were usually situated in the entryway of the home or in the living room, giving a feeling of ...