Tiny screws and precision gears are created with benchtop lathes and milling machines, and techniques for treating metals border on alchemy – like heat-bluing of steel clock hands for a custom ...

More than two weeks after the clock hands on the front face of Healy Tower went missing, the mystery of who took them remains largely unsolved. After confirming the theft of the front hands, which ...

So it’s fitting that Boston’s most recognizable clock has come to a standstill — for now. The giant hour and minute hands on the iconic Custom House Tower clock were removed recently as part ...