Helen Carr

The intricate stories timepieces tell

The horologist Rebecca Struthers takes us on a journey through time-measurement, from a 44,000-year-old bone carving to the modern Rolex

The gold and crystal pocket watch made for the French queen Marie-Antoinette by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the leading watchmaker of his day. [Getty Images]

  • Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History of Time

    Rebecca Struthers

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 288, £22

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