An unusual clock exhibit at the National Clock and Watch Museum makes passing the hours fun and interesting.

Rick Stanley and his son, Vince, are the co-owners of Stanley Clocks. They make clocks that go beyond just displaying time, but turn timekeeping into a kinetic artform. Like Rube Goldberg machines, Stanley Clocks have fun ticking off the seconds.

The novelty clocks are part of a special display at the National Clock and Watch Museum which has extended the popular exhibit until the end of the year.

The clocks on display are intricate, fascinating and just plain strange.

One of the company's masterpieces is a clock made from 300 bottles that form the gears that mark off time. Along with the bottle clock is a walking clock made up of shoes that paces across the room every thirty seconds, showing just how fun "stepping in time" can be.

There is also a timber clock that gongs an old schoolhouse bell, made up of parts found on eBay. And a train clock merges a digital clock with a small scale train that circles through the clock with the same cadence of a bell.

Each clock shows imagination in its design and shows that timekeeping can entail more than just accuracy - it can also be fun.

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