Before we all pulled our iPhones out of our back pocket to check the time, time was held by clocks, and some were the pinnacle of opulence. When it comes to antique clocks, there’s a world of rare and ...
Randy Cobb has a collection of more the 25 antique, grandfather clocks at his home in . Cobb runs Legacy Antique Clocks, and buys, repairs, and sells many of the vintage collector's clocks. Cobb ...
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. While most people check the time on their smartphones, Brittany Nicole Cox is dedicated to preserving an older ...
Everyone knows that time flies—but who knew that it could blink, roll its eyes, open its mouth, and even more? Through November 5, the deluxe Paris antiquaire Galerie J. Kügel is staging “A Mechanical ...
TO THEIR OWN HISTORY AS THE SEA OF CLOCKS COLLECTED HERE AT DELANEY. ANTIQUE CLOCKS IN WEST TOWNSEND STARTED IN ENGLAND. MY FATHER WAS TEACHING ON AN AIR FORCE BASE AND MY MOM WAS WITH THE RED CROSS.
What does an antiquarian horologist do? It's a cross-disciplinary trade. I mostly work with antique clock or watch based objects that perform specific functions. Anything from making a facsimile of a ...
Clock conservator Qi Haonan restores an antique clock at the Palace Museum in Beijing, which houses around 1,500 such royal treasures.[Photo provided to China Daily] At Beijing's Palace Museum, it ...