You’d think that synchronizing the clocks across a fleet of modern servers is a solved problem, but it’s actually quite a hard challenge to solve, especially if you want to get to nanoseco
Almost every word in the name of TAG Heuer’s new watch – the Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillon Nanograph – is important. Carrera connects it to TAG’s long history of chronog
This was the year Amazon went all-in on the Alexa. September saw the announcement of a new Echo Dot, Show and Plus, a subwoofer, an audio input device, an auto dongle and an amplifier. That would have
The three-axis tourbillon is one of the most complex watch complications in the world. Originally based on a design by watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, this type of tourbillon – literally ̶
It’s spring and that means it’s time for Basel, the definitive international watch show. Around this time every year all of your favorite brands – and brands you’ve never heard
In the world of horology there are few things fancier than the tourbillion and there are few things extra fancier than a triple-axis model. Originally invented by Abraham Louis Breguet, the tourbillio
John Biggs Contributor Share on X John Biggs is a writer, consultant, programmer, former East Coast Editor and current contributing writer for TechCrunch. He writes mainly about technology, cryptocurr
Not unlike Ke$ha, things that go tick-tock are quite interesting and this 3D printed clock is no exception. This clock, actually a tourbillon with a going barrel, is unique in that the DIY plans are a
Although in this economy you can probably hire someone to walk behind you who will occasionally remind you of your mortality, it is probably a bit more efficient to just put up this Mr. Jones Accurate
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monk.jpeg"><a HREF="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/jun/14/clockwork-miracle/">Radiolab</a> has an excellent story about
DOTKLOK: Game Time from The Latest Artists on Vimeo. Like the Pong Clock, the DOTKLOK uses an LED array to display the time – and more. Available at Etsy for $150 ($200 assembled), the kit uses
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-09-at-10.24.51-AM-620x330.png" />At the CrunchGear offices, after all our tireless work, we sit around and talk time;
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tfh/lumimask-the-sleep-mask-that-wakes-you-up/widget/video.html There are plenty of clocks that “light” the room slowly, flooding your optic nerves with
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/verbarius-store2.jpg" />Well, I know what my brother is getting for his birthday — in an alternate universe where I have $220 to sp
How delightfully meta. It’s not real, unfortunately. [via bookofjoe and OhGizmo!]
Retro chrome stuff is in demand here in Seattle. It seems like everyone is trying to establish their home as some sort of shrine to “Mad Men.” I even caved and bought this awesome projecto
<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/il_fullxfull.57061166.jpg" alt="atari" />Combine your longing for the good old days of early video gaming with your obsessive need to be on t
<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/il_fullxfull.68162019.jpg" alt="star trek" />Way, way, way, way, way back in January of this year we took a look at a clock adorned with Star
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/abouttime_1.jpg" />Time is a funny thing. Sometime you need to know exactly what time it is, and sometimes you really don't care. For the
This DIY item uses two standard dials and some odd telegraph keys to create something that looks like it belongs on the bridge of the Enterprise, circa 1801. The clock uses parts from ShareBrained and
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