Popularity of rare timepieces proves we love clock-watching

Eve Kelliher discovers what makes us tick as buyers from across the globe ensure Waterford's clock auction is a sellout success

Thomas Keighery, left, and right, clocks at the auction at RJ Keighery's Antiques, Waterford. Pictures: Chani Anderson

You’d think having worked in a deadline-driven world my entire adult life, I’d be a micromanager of minutes and that I’d slay every last second.

I wish. It’s only since reverting to analogue clocks two years ago that I’ve (tentatively) made friends with time.