After climbing up scaffolding to 29 feet above the sidewalk, John Klinkose pulled handfuls of rust out of the inside of the iconic Ayres clock and put it into a bucket. “There’s really a lot of work ...

Peter Lilienthal sees potential where others see none left. “I hate to see good things go in the garbage,” he said. Now 68 and the proprietor of Good as Old Antiques Repair & Art Gallery in Sheffield, ...

VAN WERT — Historic Main Street Van Wert and OhioHealth held a celebration Thursday for the National Bank clock restoration on the corner of Washington and Main street. The celebration was led by ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Repair work is resuming on the Ayres clock in downtown Indianapolis. Restoration crews will put up scaffolding at the southwest corner of Washington and Meridian streets for the work ...

Mechanical Watch Supply owner and clock repairman Rory Demesy of Minnesota screws in a piece of the E. Howard & Co. clock at the Benton County Courthouse in Vinton, Iowa on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Nigel Barnes, a fifth-generation horologist, acknowledges that it is a “tall order” to learn to fix a clock in two days. But some manage it, he said. Nigel Barnes working with Seán Martin, who had ...