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Tag: Watches and Clocks

World

The High School Teacher Leading Mexico’s ‘Fashion Police’

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025James WagnerComments Off on The High School Teacher Leading Mexico’s ‘Fashion Police’

A teacher and journalist has gained a large following for highlighting the apparent luxury items worn by politicians. It has also earned him high-profile detractors.

World

Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe

January 28, 2025January 29, 2025Michael LevensonComments Off on Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.

World

Police Raid Peruvian President’s Home, Looking for Rolex Watches

March 30, 2024March 31, 2024Mitra TajComments Off on Police Raid Peruvian President’s Home, Looking for Rolex Watches

Dina Boluarte, who has been seen wearing luxury watches and a $50,000 bracelet, is under investigation for breaking the country’s unlawful enrichment and asset disclosure laws.

World

A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

November 3, 2023MATT RICHTELComments Off on A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet — wait for it — the leap minute.

World

Time Is Running Out for the Leap Second

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022Alanna MitchellComments Off on Time Is Running Out for the Leap Second

To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

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Big Ben’s Bongs Will Soon Ring Out Again Across London

July 3, 2022STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Big Ben’s Bongs Will Soon Ring Out Again Across London

Next to the Houses of Parliament, the tower that houses the enormous bell has been undergoing renovation since 2017.

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A Nazi Soldier Stole a Watch in 1942. It Turned Up 80 Years Later.

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022Claire MosesComments Off on A Nazi Soldier Stole a Watch in 1942. It Turned Up 80 Years Later.

The watch, made as a gift in 1910, has been returned to the maker’s family in the Netherlands. It still works.

World

Living Life by the Clock? Norwegian Island Wants to Go ‘Time Free’

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019ANNA SCHAVERIENComments Off on Living Life by the Clock? Norwegian Island Wants to Go ‘Time Free’

Residents of Sommaroy, bright 24/7 in summer, want to do away with clocks and embrace living without the constraints of time.

World

They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real?

December 21, 2018STEVEN LEE MYERS and GRAHAM BOWLEYComments Off on They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real?

A legal dispute in New York is part of a broader questioning of the authenticity of some ornate timepieces that have come on the market from China.

Headlines

Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the U.N. General Assembly

September 23, 2025LINDA QIU

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Leaving International Criminal Court

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Ruth Maclean and Saikou Jammeh

At U.N., Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Somini Sengupta and Lisa Friedman

Israel, citing Rosh Hashana, said it wouldn’t attend a U.N. Security Council meeting on Gaza.

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Pranav Baskar

Sadiq Khan’s Office Rejects Trump’s Comments About London, Calling Them ‘Bigoted’

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Drone Strike in Haiti Kills 8 Children at a Birthday Party

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025FRANCES ROBLES

Trump Pushes E.U. to Stop Buying Oil and Gas From Russia

September 23, 2025STANLEY REED

Trump Claims Again at the U.N. That He Ended 7 Wars. Here’s a Closer Look.

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Pranav Baskar

Trump Strikes Softer Tone on Brazil, Following a Scathing Lula Speech

September 23, 2025Ana Ionova

Iranian Diplomats Are Barred From Shopping at Costco While Visiting U.S.

September 23, 2025Ali Watkins
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