The Beauty of Analog

 | August 11, 2009

No matter how you look at it, we live in a digital world.

From cellphones to "Indiglo" watches, most of us rely on a digital readout to tell us what time it is.

Horologist Chris Balzer is different, though. He prefers the old-fashioned grandfather clocks - those old clocks that ring, or sing, or make some kind of wonderful noise at the top of the every hour, or even four times an hour if you're lucky.

Independent producer Catherine Spangler chats with Balzer in Freeport, Maine.