Visitors take a close look at the antique clocks at the Palace Museum in Beijing. "Many European artisans wondered why their clients would order clocks in pairs, as recorded in historical files," Guo says. Nevertheless, it is the timepiece that helped to reestablish links between the Chinese royal court and Europe after the decline of the ancient Silk Road as …
Carp clock with a retrograde hand made in 1925. The Palace Museum and Cartier team up to host one of the cultural institution's largest shows on the theme of craftsmanship and restoration over the centuries. For Wang Jin and Qi Haonan, two restorers of antique timepieces at the Palace Museum in Beijing, their months spent in quasi-seclusion in 2017 at …
