Productivity experts say a good old hourglass or pinging kitchen timekeeper can improve your focus—especially if it is a well-designed example like one of these. Skip to Main Content.

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima -- Kindergarteners here on June 9 got to see a some 400-year-old hourglass said to have been sent from Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ...

The 'Wicked Witch of the West' hourglass from the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz," is being auctioned off by Heritage Auctions with a starting bid of $400,000.