How have clocks and watches intertwined with our sense of time? When did they come to play central roles in our lives? To answer these questions, On Time from the National Museum of American history ...

Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it. Share full article The Arachnophobia clock, from a ...

To commemorate the achievement, the lauded maker has devised an impressive and unique automaton clock—taller than most toddlers—that tells the time not only here on earth, but also across the solar ...

Not all timekeepers are meant to live on wrists, as these horological creations seen in Geneva, in or around Watches and Wonders, can attest. The Chanel clock, automaton and music box is part of its ...

For years, some residents of the condominium complex at the former Hamilton Watch Co. factory in Lancaster city have been anxiously watching their clocks. After a long history of displaying accurate ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. “People who have grown up with zero need for a mechanical wristwatch ...