Watches and Clocks

August 8, 2024

A Watch Factory Embraces Workers with Autism

“It’s not just the focus in the first 10 pieces,” the owner said. “It’s being able to maintain that kind of a focus when you’re doing […]
August 8, 2024

John Mayer on Being the Watch World’s Celebrity ‘Go-To Guy’

When the guitarist John Mayer takes the stage this week in Las Vegas, to cap Dead & Company’s 10-week residence at the Sphere arena, his wristwatch […]
August 8, 2024

The Old Clock Shop on an Idyllic Japanese Island

Time flows slowly on the island of Osaki-Shimojima, part of an archipelago off the southern coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu. Elderly fishermen pass the days […]
August 8, 2024

Three Watch Specialists Create the Quiet Club

The new brand’s first watch is a titanium and silver piece with a mellow gong alarm. Three team members, two continents and one passion: watches. This […]
August 8, 2024

The Melting Watch Looks, Well, Just Like That

Exaequo’s new timepiece is a revival of a 1990s model inspired by a Dalí painting of misshapen clocks. In 1998 the Swiss watch brand Exaequo Genève […]
August 8, 2024

What Time Is It? Let Me Check My Lighter.

S.T. Dupont and Franck Muller have collaborated on an unusual accessory. The French brand S.T. Dupont has produced a number of distinctive luxury items since it […]
August 8, 2024

In Seoul, Watch Repairmen at Work

Mechanical timepieces, including vintage models, keep these shops busy. Lee Byung Ken stared at the guts of a Patek Philippe watch through a loupe held against […]
August 8, 2024

Metal From a Military Plane Is Featured in a New Watch

The Swiss brand Urwerk says its new timepiece is just as precise and technically advanced as the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was. Metal from a Lockheed […]
August 8, 2024

Micromosaic Jewels That Tell the Time

The Italian brand Sicis creates watches from tiny tiles and gemstones. Hidden in the center of a ruby and diamond gardenia or tucked among three diamond […]
August 8, 2024

Up, Up and Away, in Time

Louis Vuitton’s Montgolfière Aéro clock mixes references to the luxury house’s history with ebony wood and diamonds. According to a Euromonitor report on 2024 global consumer […]