A Mechanic of Time: Lake Bluff’s Resident Clocksmith
David Lee shares the meaning behind a dying art
“I get to work with a piece of history,” David Lee, owner of The Clockworks, Lake Bluff's timepiece shop, said. “Some clocks are 200 or 300 years old. The frustration is that you can’t talk to them and find out where they’ve been and what they’ve seen.” Fortunately, Lee, almost 70, can sometimes learn those stories from patrons who bring in their grandfather clocks, watches and music boxes for maintenance and repair. “Sometimes their stories are tenuous, relative to what they know about clocks,” He said. “Someone told me they had a clock that was their grandfather’s, brought over from Holland. Well, I looked at it and told them it was made in Connecticut. It must have been brought to Holland where their grandfather purchased it and …
barry
11:04 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012
WOW.....has anyone tried to get someone to change a battery in a wrist watch lately? First your lucky if you can find someone.....second, you're lucky if it runs for 6 months after . Hats off to anyone that can FIX.....instead of replace....anything. more ›