how do clocks work?

Question

i mean the ones with no power,only gears & stuff.

Answer 1

With wires and batteries

Answer 2

Removing the winding knobs and the back of the clock reveals the inside of the clock:

By removing the stand, alarm bells, hands, face and mounting ring, you end up with the clock mechansim itself.

This clock (like most table clocks and wrist watches) uses an oscillating wheel in place of a pendulum. The wheel and its spring are at the bottom. The clock's main spring is on the upper right. The spring on the left is for the alarm, which has its own gear train and escapement.
The hands go on the concentric shafts in the center.
Looking at the mechanism from the side shows how all of the different gears fit together.
The oscillating wheel in the foreground, with gears delivering power to it.

Although this clock looks complicated, there only about a dozen moving parts. There are four gears between the main spring and the escapement wheel. The fourth gear's shaft drives the second hand. There is the escapement wheel, the anchor and the oscillating wheel and spring. There are four gears for the hour hand, minute hand and the alarm hand. There are two gears for the alarm hammer, one of which doubles as an escapement wheel...

Answer 3

You wind a spring that drives the gears. The gears are designed to track seconds, minutes and hours. As the srinp winds down the gears slow up and the time becomes less accurate. If you want to keep accurate time with this type of clock you will need to make sure you wind it regulary

Answer 4

the gears are arranged in such a way that they rotate in a particular manner, and so the clock works.

Answer 5

wait, you said "clocks"??? I thought you said, well, never mind.