It's two o'clock in the afternoon and at Gazdovský Dvor, as they named the picturesque place with wooden houses and a farm, a jingle can be heard. The biggest cuckoo clock in Slovakia has just ...

Few home-made timepieces though have come as near to wristwatch Nirvana as the cuckoo clock wristwatch from [Kiyotaka Akasaka], which we would venture to name as having won wristwatches.

It has been edited for length and clarity. I'm 90 years old and still work full time in our family's business, a cuckoo-clock shop called Omeo Clocks and Glass. I love meeting people and looking ...