September 4, 2012

The Complex Challenge of Chinese Time

With the growing importance of the Chinese market, Blancpain is now offering a watch that displays both Gregorian and traditional Chinese time and dates.
September 4, 2012

When Watches Reached the Workingman

A New York exhibition shows how the Industrial Revolution and mass-produced steel democratized the making and wearing of watches.
September 2, 2012

Floor Clocks All Discounted

As the Long Labor Day Holiday weekend begins to wind down, and as floor clock and grandmother clock and grandfather clock shoppers look for the best […]
August 31, 2012

Floor Clocks Howard Miller

We are proud to be introducing for the first time on 1-800-4CLOCKS.com some Howard Miller Floor Clocks previously not added to the grandfather clocks or grandmother […]
August 29, 2012

Floor Clocks for Sale

We had an interesting idea about marketing grandfather clocks at both Yankee Stadium in New York and Fenway Park in Boston.  We are fans of both […]
August 28, 2012

Liza Laserow’s showroom proves collectibles can still be young and stylish

To the small contingent of fashion-forward antiques dealers, add Liza Laserow, the chic daughter of the mother-daughter-owned company Laserow Antiques. Born and raised in Sweden, Liza moved to New York City six years ago, where, though she had trained ...
August 28, 2012

Discount Grandfather Clocks Shopping

The landscape of the grandfather clock marketplace is forever changing. New high-end players and some of the existing high-end manufacturers like Americana Grandfather Clocks as a […]
August 27, 2012

Breaking the Mold

Decades before design dealers started sidling up to art galleries at international fairs, American sculptor Ken Price was gleefully erasing distinctions between handcrafted ceramics and high art. A central presence in Southern California’s postwar sc...
August 24, 2012

A lush new art book details the rich and luxurious story of Rubelli

If you have seen the movie Dangerous Liaisons, visited the Hudson River Valley’s historic Vanderbilt Mansion, or coveted a vintage velvet-clad Bagonghi handbag by Roberta di Camerino, then you have experienced the glories of Rubelli. The Venice-based...
August 23, 2012

Two of a Kind

Only Donna Karan would create a fragrance that blends the femininity and archness of a lady with the strength and assuredness of a woman. The fashion designer-philanthropist has teamed up with renowned perfumer Anne Flipo and architect Zaha Hadid for a...