Watches and Clocks

September 10, 2024

A Sinister Figure Glances at a Clock. It’s Got to Be Film Noir.

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? The race against the […]
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 […]