The piece was sold for $4.9m by auction house Phillips in New York, setting a new record for a British pocket watch. Mr Smith went on to become the only apprentice of watch-making great George ...

In converting the pocket watch into a wristwatch ... when over a dozen companies were commissioned to produce watches for the British military. These companies included Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines ...

A pocket watch once gifted to Sir Winston Churchill by Herbert Henry Asquith in 1905 is to be sold at auction. The 18-carat gold pocket watch is engraved with the former Conservative prime ...