Vintage Collectable Clocks with Character
This is a clock shop. Clocks that I sell have been serviced - opened, inspected and cleaned at minimum, further repaired as necessary - unless otherwise noted. Clocks are shipped with printed instructions for use and care and notes on available history of the clock.
I love clocks. I love them as beautiful objects and as wonders of industrial design and engineering. I like to work on clocks - the old fashioned kind with lots of moving parts. Clocks may have interchangeable parts, but they - like people - also have individualized anthropomorphic qualities - face, hands, legs, ticker. I like to take them apart and see what makes them tick. The first time I got an old clock ticking again, I felt like a surgeon that had just restarted a heart. I like to keep old clocks ticking.
I like to work on clocks that I own. There's no schedule to keep - I can take as much time as I need to figure out the best way to restore them without damage (is there a clock Hippocratic oath? Do no harm). How aggressive should I be with this clock? Does it need a light cleaning or a full sonic cleaner treatment? Repair or replace parts? Refinish or leave it original? New cord or not? I prefer to go full vintage as much as possible and I have kept clocks for many years waiting to find the right part or the right restoration technique. Some I just can't bear to part with. When I think they are finally ready, I release them to go to good new homes where they can be enjoyed properly and keep on ticking.
I love clocks. I love them as beautiful objects and as wonders of industrial design and engineering. I like to work on clocks - the old fashioned kind with lots of moving parts. Clocks may have interchangeable parts, but they - like people - also have individualized anthropomorphic qualities - face, hands, legs, ticker. I like to take them apart and see what makes them tick. The first time I got an old clock ticking again, I felt like a surgeon that had just restarted a heart. I like to keep old clocks ticking.
I like to work on clocks that I own. There's no schedule to keep - I can take as much time as I need to figure out the best way to restore them without damage (is there a clock Hippocratic oath? Do no harm). How aggressive should I be with this clock? Does it need a light cleaning or a full sonic cleaner treatment? Repair or replace parts? Refinish or leave it original? New cord or not? I prefer to go full vintage as much as possible and I have kept clocks for many years waiting to find the right part or the right restoration technique. Some I just can't bear to part with. When I think they are finally ready, I release them to go to good new homes where they can be enjoyed properly and keep on ticking.