For the contemporary technocrat, the timepiece art-object has been replaced by an Everyman tool that sends a more politically palatable message: youth, fitness, fiscal prudence.
The London-based company Uniform Wares, known for its streamlined styles, is releasing a new collection of timepieces assembled in the watchmaking capital.
In a move tied to the hemisphere’s winter solstice, the government flipped the clock atop the Congress building this week so that, while it is still accurate, the numbers are reversed, and the hands now turn to the left.