antique westminster chime mantel clocks

Clocks' many duties stand the test of time

It whirs, strikes, tick-tocks and chimes all around you. The top of the hour is almost “It's the sound and the mystique of something that ticks and continues to operate that's 100 to 200 years old,” said Scott Childs, owner of the shop and one of ...

Dust off your antiques for Go-Art!'s first-ever Appraisal Fair

Appraisal categories include paintings and art, jewelry and coins, vintage toys, military and tools, sports memorabilia and figurines, china, pottery and lamps. Upson has a mantle clock with Westminster chimes and Wyrwa may also bring in a pocketwatch, ...

Massive gift keeps nation's last clock school ticking

A four-car garage, two rooms inside the Klein home and a shed held treasures, plus boxes of clock hands, chimes, pendulums and other clock innards. Kopperud planned to hire a truck company to bring the gift, but soon got a shock — it would cost about ...

Downtown businesses reel from quake

Others sustained heavy losses in inventory, from wine to antiques, olive oil and clothing. One of the hardest-hit buildings was the historic three-story commercial building, Alexandria Square, at Second and Brown streets, home to Carpe Diem wine bar....

The grandfather clock

Now it was 1982, and the old clock — its varnish sticky from humidity, its strike unwilling to synchronize with its filigree hands — had found its predestined place in his home. Furniture had to be rearranged, and His interpretation of these ...

It's almost time for East Side clock shop owner to pass torch

Customers who step into the store are greeted by the familiar tune of the Westminster Chimes and the low whistle of German-made cuckoo clocks, which go off at irregular intervals. But it's not just clocks they see -- everything from lamps and rocking ...

The time lords

The store, The Golden Hour Clock Shop, was the first clock shop to open in Edmonton, Ronnie says, and is one of the few in town that still repairs antique clocks. The shop itself contains hundreds of clocks — wood ones, metal ones, car and cat ...