The complicated 18th-century pendulum clock was in a blackened state of disrepair and deemed unfixable by Sotheby’s auction house. Known as the Pendule Sympathique, it was a showcase of the legendary ...

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He took over the family business his father inherited from his own father—a watch repair shop opened in 1952 in a cramped Grand Central space where his grandfather reportedly worked 10-hour days in ...

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For decades, people have streamed through the vaulted halls of Grand Central Terminal with one eye on the clock. Tucked inside the landmark, behind the bustle of commuters and tourists, sits a ...

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