Everyone owns a timepiece. Everyone keeps time. Time is time, yet we don’t all keep time the same way. To tell time, some use the position of the sun in the sky. But these images are about those who do it in style.

I used my macro lens to photograph a collection of timepieces that’s both beautiful and unusual. Each one, a work of art, a collector’s dream, with a rare beauty few have seen up-close. Check it out.

Yet whatever the choice of timepiece, a minute lasts just as long, no more and certainly not less. An hour can fly-by just as quickly, or depending on how you use it, can last an eternity. It’s your choice. Enjoy.