When it comes to mechanical timepieces, we’re used to seeing mechanisms stuffed with tiny gears and wheel, often of marvelous complexity and precision. What we’re perhaps less used to seeing is a ...
Atlanta-based Lathem Time Corporation had a good year in 1938. That’s when federal law began requiring employers to keep track of the comings and goings of workers eligible for overtime. Lathem ...
If you visit the Copenhagen City Hall, you’ll see an ornate mechanical clock. By itself, this is unremarkable, of course. There are plenty of ornate clocks in city halls around the world, but this one ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. At the close of 2018, Swiss independent watch brand Urwerk unveiled its amazing ...
Jeff Bezos is no stranger to moonshots. But this one's not heading to space—it's heading deep inside a mountain. The Amazon founder and world's third-richest man has spent a cool $42 million building ...