The clock and alarm functionalities are implemented by a PIC24 microcontroller on a custom mainboard. It keeps track of time through its real-time clock with battery backup, and plays a song from ...

Updated March 23, 2017 2:47 pm ET Share Resize Chippendale Tall-Case Clock, sold at Christies in 2012 for $242,500 ...

It’s a tidy build, and one that brings this attractive 1960s timepiece into the modern era. We’d love to have such a stylish, well-built clock in our own home, too.