About Time Machines

Time Machines

THE WATCH FILES

Time Machines

An exceptional abundance of creativity beyond the wristwatch.

Electric Time Company: time on a giant scale

Electric Time Company: time on a giant scale

Electric Time, based in Medfield, Massachusetts, sends technicians all over the world to care for humble street clocks or landmarks such as the Tiffany (...)

John-Mikaël Flaux: “Art mechanics gives me the freedom to explore”

John-Mikaël Flaux: “Art mechanics gives me the freedom to explore”

The independent watchmaker based in Morteau, France, places no limits on the forms his mechanical objects might take, from a bee automaton that tells the (...)

Behind the curtain: inside François Junod's workshop

Behind the curtain: inside François Junod’s workshop

Perched on one of the magnificent Balcons du Jura Suisse, the municipality of Sainte-Croix encapsulates a glorious industrial past on the brink of a (...)

Reuge: free as a bird!

Reuge: free as a bird!

De Bethune has taken a majority stake in the music box and singing bird manufacturer Reuge. Forty years ago “no-one would have bet on mechanical watches,” (...)

Beyond the wristwatch

Beyond the wristwatch

GALLERY

Set in motion by intricate mechanisms, adhering to tradition or breaking away from it, there is an exceptional abundance of creativity beyond the (...)

Keris revisits the Neuchâtel clock

Keris revisits the Neuchâtel clock

Forty years ago the mechanical wristwatch began to work its way back into our hearts and onto our wrists, never to leave. Now two entrepreneurs, both (...)

Maison Alcée: time out in a non-stop world

Maison Alcée: time out in a non-stop world

In a world where our senses are constantly on alert, Maison Alcée came about through its founder’s belief - a young French woman with experience in the watch (...)