Sandra Jordan

May 21, 2024
Published by Sandra Jordan at May 21, 2024
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Edinburgh’s Time Ball Will Fall Again

The time signaling device, which hasn’t been operating in recent years, is being restored as part of the renovation of a Calton Hill monument. Specialists have […]
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May 21, 2024
Published by Sandra Jordan at May 21, 2024
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Spring Means It’s Time to Plant Edinburgh’s Floral Clock

David Dorward was a young boy when he first visited the Floral Clock, a combination of horology and horticulture initially installed in 1903 on a south-facing […]
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November 17, 2023
Published by Sandra Jordan at November 17, 2023
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A Glove-Making Tradition Survives in Ireland

An 80-year-old enterprise still does things the old way but is also looking to the future with new styles and quirky colors. There is a low […]
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August 8, 2023
Published by Sandra Jordan at August 8, 2023
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How to Create a Groundbreaking Watch

The watchmaker Stephen McDonnell spent six years developing the LM Sequential EVO chronograph with MB&F. Here’s the timeline. On Nov. 10, 2022, members of the watchmaking […]
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July 23, 2023
Published by Sandra Jordan at July 23, 2023
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One Collector Won’t Have to Keep His Watch in a Drawer

An Irish artisan is creating a walnut box, veneered with centuries-old bog oak, for a watchmaker’s client. At his workshop in rural County Mayo, Neville O’Farrell […]
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March 8, 2022
Published by Sandra Jordan at March 8, 2022
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The Irish Museum of Time Tells the Country’s History

‘Irish writers, poets, playwrights, artists are rightly celebrated, but no one knows about the clockmakers,’ one donor said. WATERFORD, Ireland — Ireland’s long history of horology […]
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