There are ’inner sanctums’, ’temples’ dedicated to Time, and overseers at these temples are dealers in clocks and watches. Here, one finds oneself in a dimension of “timelessness”. The seconds and hours tick by. Time brings with it a whirlwind of myths and legends made up of elements ’frozen’ and then transformed into complex, arcane, fascinating mechanisms. Generation after generation of dedicated collectors and admirers - armed with expert knowledge of the fascinatingly intimate mechanisms of a watch on a chain, of a wristwatch or a clock on a wall - succumb to the force of this enchantment.
Here we find mechanical components, masterfully manufactured, that measure out the passing of the seasons, of days, and of our emotions. Valerio Verga (a ’maestro’ in this field) compares these instruments -…
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Bespoke the chic and the cool (Digital) - 1 Issue, No. 11