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 ...

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 ...

As prices for vintage watches have skyrocketed in recent years, new and more sophisticated forms of restoration have evolved. Not surprisingly, the market can be difficult for emerging collectors to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In 2001, when Laura Kivel joined the team at Grand Central Watch—a watch repair business in New York City owned by her husband’s family since 1952—she was “dazzled by the watches but overwhelmed by ...