timepiece

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This compilation of 76 watches includes Paul Newman’s Rolex and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Tiffany & Co. timepiece he wore to the Yalta Conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The timepiece includes moon phases, an alarm and thermometer and was described as "one of the world's most complicated vintage pocket watches ever made".

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

The auctioneers called it "a timepiece of almost mythical status, it stands as the ultimate convergence of historical significance, design mastery, mechanical innovation, and rarity".

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Decades ago, watch repair shops across the country were staffed with technicians who could service almost any mechanical timepiece when its intricate innards — tiny gears, wheels and springs — failed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

The perfect timepiece ticks, and in that small space between seconds the fancy has turned to fact.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver