Not long after the Stock Market crash of 1929, Dueber-Hampden, a watchmaker based in Canton, Ohio, went bankrupt. Slow sales and the tumultuous financial state of the world no doubt played a factor.

Where do you go to see the biggest collection of Soviet watches and clocks in the world? Singapore, of course. All kinds of timekeeping rarities are kept in the house of Mark Gordon. Here you can see ...