One of the very first watches, created by a locksmith. Today it is nearly impossible to find watchmakers to service or repair vintage mechanical pocket and wristwatches, so we have to do it ourselves.
Left: pocket watches from Tsarist-era ... Specialists would try and repair them, but those they couldn't patch up would end up in boxes in someone's cupboard. Their children or even grandchildren ...
Through scorching sun or pouring rain, the watch repairmen stationed near Dhaka Collegiate School at Sadarghat, have been repairing watches daily – and some for decades now ...
Combining fashion and functionality, watches are just as much pieces of jewellery as they are markers of minutes and hours. While men made the switch from pocket watches to wristwatches during ...
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The gold watch belonging to Mr J.J. Astor sold for £900,000 A gold pocket watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic has sold for six times the asking price, fetching £900,000.