At the Reno, Nevada ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, a woman arrived with a display case that contained four oversized escapements — the prized inner workings or "engine" of a watch. Made in 1905, the escapements ...

Bernhard Lederer says the escapement, the part of a mechanical timepiece that regulates the gears, has fascinated him for decades. By Rachel Felder In the almost five decades that Bernhard Lederer has ...