"If it ticks, we can fix!" says expert repairman John Batrice, owner of The Clock Doc.At The Clock Doc, timepiece repair is their only business, not a sideline. John offers expert repair service for ...
And grandfather clocks, prized by some, but they tend to scare children, for many kid’s cartoons and stories seem to feature ...
TUSCALOOSA | Timing is everything to Kenneth Moore. It's how he makes his living in a job in which he works with baffles and bushings to get the pings and bongs just right. Moore is a clock repairman.
Daylight saving time started at 2 a.m. Sunday, when some clocks automatically set themselves ahead by an hour. But some clocks need to be manually set ahead one hour. Daylight saving time will end ...
My grandparents’ tiny house on Long Island was full of clocks. A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar in the ...
While many people took to putting together 500- or 1,000-piece puzzles during the pandemic lockdown, Chris Schroeder, 37, of Southfield, took advantage of the time and focused on launching and ...
Mark Purdy's life as a clockmaker isn't so much about telling time as it is about telling stories. From a Hopkins storefront bursting with wheels, gears, chimes and springs, Purdy repairs rare clocks ...
LOWELL — Dug North’s downtown clocks studio may be a last resort for those seeking to breathe life into neglected timepieces on their way to becoming antiquated relics. Inside the personal-care center ...
A life-long tinkering habit, a broken clock and a set of DVDs led Harold MacVittie to a busy post-retirement job with his own shop in the heart of downtown Chapin. “People don’t realize how many ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Saturday marks 52 years since Bob Kolbe opened his clock shop in central Sioux Falls. Now, Kolbe is taking offers from people interested in buying him out. After more than a ...