I fix antique clocks. Everyone seems to think they are valuable, but that was 50 years ago. Notwithstanding the fact that old clocks are available in bulk at auctions, they are still loved, especially ...

WESTMORELAND, N.H. — Bill Fletcher was always working on machinery and designing equipment for different companies before he retired. Now, inside his at-home studio, he has been running a clock repair ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nigel Barnes, a fifth-generation horologist, acknowledges that it is a “tall order” to learn to fix a clock in two days. But some manage it, he said. Nigel Barnes working with Seán Martin, who had ...

BYRON, Ga. — Time is something we all could use a bit more of. Michael Osborne has spent a lifetime repairing hands and making sure tick-tocks beat to the correct second. Chris and Larry Hart say ...

Harold MacVittie, owner of Second Hand Time in Chapin, South Carolina, shows his workshop on Friday, December 19, 2025. Joshua Boucher jboucher@thestate.com A life-long tinkering habit, a broken clock ...

Hi. I have been a longtime subscriber and I am interested in asking a question to your Technically Speaking staff. I have a 1967 Corvette and the clock will only work when I tap the face of the clock.

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 ...