Hi. I have been a longtime subscriber and I am interested in asking a question to your Technically Speaking staff. I have a 1967 Corvette and the clock will only work when I tap the face of the clock.

Given the crossover between people who like classic cars and those who like other complicated devices in general—and vintage wristwatches specifically—it’s a little surprising that the car clock often ...

If you're old enough to remember the '60s and '70s, you have some memory of car clocks that actually worked. Seems they worked when these vintage cars were new, but as the years passed, the ticking ...

Richard Preiss sat Tuesday in the workroom at Eternal Timepieces, his Mesa clock repair shop, gently holding in one rock-steady hand a small pair of tweezers that grasped an even smaller brass gear.