In Hands of Time, watchmaker and historian Rebecca Struthers takes you on a journey back through time and into her intricate world of watchmaking to discover how, in the history of watches, we can find the history of our relationship with time itself.

Timepieces are one of humanity’s most ingenious innovations. Their invention was more significant for human culture than the printing press, or even the wheel. They have travelled the world with us, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, and even to the Moon.

Timepieces regulate our daily lives and have sculpted the social and economic development of society in surprising and dramatic ways.

In Hands of Time, watchmaker and historian Rebecca Struthers welcomes us into the hidden world of watchmaking, offering a personal history of watches that spans centuries and continents.

From her workshop bench, Rebecca explores the ways in which timekeeping has indelibly shaped our attitudes to work, leisure, trade, politics, exploration, and mortality, and introduces us to some extraordinary and treasured devices, each with their own story to tell.