As a watch collector — or a high school graduate, for that matter — you’re no doubt familiar with the distinction between Arabic and Roman numerals. Roman numerals are the ones that use Is and Vs in ...

The coolest watches are all about unexpected dial details. Sometimes those can be subtle, other times not so much, but they usually have one thing in common: a price that’ll make you wish you’d bought ...

This is the dial of my pine-cased longcase clock. This style of dial with arabic numbers is typical of longcase clocks made between 1800-1820. This dial can be fairly accurately dated at around 1805 ...