Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” In that year, the inventor and civil servant Henry Cole commissioned ...

AN INTRICATE recreation of “the clock that changed the world” has gone on display in Stratford.

Clocks have always been about control, as well as the mere measurement of time. They set the rules of the day, summon people ...

History is littered with brilliant ideas that arrived too early for their own good. Some were buried by economic constraints, others by technological limitations, and a few simply because the world ...

Explore the controversial Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims we are actually living in the year 1726 and questions the ...

The new Experimentale collection gives a glimpse at Breguet’s technical R&D and what’s to come for the historically ...

The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will ...

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Once Saturdays became sacred, the nation took notice. Stores saw heavier weekend traffic. Automobiles rolled farther afield ...

Straddling the Rhine River and offering a glorious blend of Swiss, German and French culture, this city satisfies history ...

Luxury Swiss watches made by Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, MB&F, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Philippe Dufour are pricier than some ...

Bob Hoff reflected on his father, Mark, and his family's legacy in aviation and agriculture, after Mark Hoff was posthumously ...