Watches and Clocks – Page 2

NYC Seeks Payment for Trump Tower Clock Installed Without Permission

The Trump Organization audaciously installed a distinctive clock on Fifth Avenue without applying for a permit or paying a fee. City inspectors never noticed.

In Opera, Clocks Take the Spotlight

Time often plays a role in operatic plots, but this year several productions have timepieces onstage.

An Art-Filled Swiss Idyll in Lausanne and the Joux Valley

Breathtaking modern architecture, museums dedicated to watch-making, and bucolic views from a train window await visitors willing to venture beyond Switzerland’s major cities.

The Tale of a Clock and the Family That Cares for It

In the Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende, the Vázquezes have maintained the town clock for four decades.

‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’

911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who are very much alive.