Long before the birth of social media and dating apps, erotic pocket watches - depicting graphic sexual encounters on the caseback - were given to women by daring suitors. Today, modern ...

"In the beginning, people would commission pocket watches with faces ... very detailed (oftentimes extremely graphic) images are hidden behind dials in watches. For centuries, portable porn ...

It's terrific; less arty than educational, but still fun to see: Nerd that I am, I can't help but think of watchmaker-turned-nuclear-physicist Jon Osterman in the graphic novel Watchmen ...

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic was auctioned in England Saturday for $1.46 million (£1.17 million), breaking the record for an object linked to the ...