"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 ...

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 ...

The kid grew up learning the trade from his grandfather. So when Vince Degani died at 86 a few years ago, his grandson, Greg, was ready to step into his grandfather’s shoes. Carry on the work Vince ...

Ask Bob Tuerk for the time and he has about 3,000 ways he can tell you. And not one of them is a smart phone. "There's lots of clocks in here," Tuerk, 82, said of his 3,000 timepieces, including the ...

“There’s not many of us around anymore,” LaBounty said. “The modern generation is less and less interested in restoring something. They throw it away and get something new.” Clock repairers share a ...

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — When Lindsay Rasberry was 8 years old, he read an article in about a man named Ellis Tomsky who collected and repaired clocks. “The headline said, ‘Tomsky Tinkers with Time,” said ...

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 ...

Stuart McGreavy looks on as apprentice Richard Cohen looks on. Cohen, Schenectady, had a long career with Bed Bath & Beyond and wants to earn supplemental income and learn a new skill as a clocksmith.

The Repair Shop returned for a new episode on Wednesday night and saw horologist Steve Fletcher face an array of challenges when fixing a clock for a guest. The family heirloom was passed down to him ...