Natalie, whose inherent desire for spare, uncluttered modern decor has been tolerant of the eight-foot-long line of cuckoo clocks that grow like a hand-carved disease upon one wall. “That ...

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.