When you first get sucked into the world of watches, a couple of fundamental concepts await. First, you might learn to notice the difference between a seconds hand that ticks and one that smoothly ...

Time flies. And waits for no one. And once lost, is never found. Yet still we try to keep time, and measure it. Let the French, Germans, and British fight over who invented the wearable clock, or ...

Mechanical timepieces, including vintage models, keep these shops busy. By David Belcher Reporting from Seoul Lee Byung Ken stared at the guts of a Patek Philippe watch through a loupe held against ...