The clock on San Francisco's Ferry Building marks the hour, and the surrounding area at the base of Market Street is abuzz with noise. Traffic roars along the Embarcadero. Vendors chat with tourists.

Madley, Wye Valley, Herefordshire: A day of nervous excitement as we invite all-comers to this unveiling. But does everyone know the chimes will continue through the night? The clock chimes had not ...

The clock at Nottingham's Council House is chiming again after a £60,000 restoration project. Work to service the clock and bells - including the 10.5 tonne Little John bell - for the first time since ...

Digital Zen Clock. Alarm clocks are terrible, terrible things. But even monks have the occasional appointment to keep. This Zen clock uses a series of slowly quickening E-tone chimes to lull you awake ...