The complicated 18th-century pendulum clock was in a blackened state of disrepair and deemed unfixable by Sotheby’s auction house. Known as the Pendule Sympathique, it was a showcase of the legendary ...

We were rooting around in the family safe and came across Dad’s old Bulova wristwatch. It had been Mom’s wedding day gift to Dad in 1946 and it was dead as a doornail. We braced ourselves: Restoring a ...

The most poignant stories involved the families of immigrants. “This watch was important enough for someone to put it in a small bag of possessions to emigrate,” Kivel says. “It was one of the very ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. Anyone who’s ever had to repair a luxury timepiece knows the drill: ...

Because mechanical watches these days are enthusiast interests, and big Swiss brands generally want to handle their own repairs, the independent watch repair shop is increasingly a rarity. The US ...

Oliver Pollock said his company sends each customer about 11 update emails — and he intends to double that number this fall. By Felicia Craddock For some watch fans, buying and wearing a luxury ...