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We are located in Moscow, Tennessee about 30 miles east of Memphis. My
granddaughters call me Papa. I am a certified cuckoo clocksmith, certified horologist
as well as a watchmaker. Some of my fondest memories from childhood revolve
around watches and clocks. As soon as I started wearing wrist watches (the wind up
kind back in the dark ages), when they would slow down we sent them to "Uncle
Doc" who was a watchmaker in Texas. I would watch the mail and pretty soon my
watch would arrive all shiny and running on time. Uncle Doc would put a note in the
envelope with an amount just for parts, and I would gather up my lawn mowing
money and send it to him. I grew up watching my other family members do the same.
I was amazed that someone could actually make them work, and thus began a quest
for how time pieces worked and eventually how to repair them and keep them
working.
In my early teens, my brother-in-law was the pastor of a local church. He had a
prominent member who collected and repaired clocks. Pretty soon clocks started
becoming part of my life. I remember when I was about 12 my mother received an
1880's Seth Thomas 30 hour clock for an anniversary present. I watched her wind
that clock everyday up until I left home to be married. It was always a pleasure to
see how much enjoyment she got out of that clock and her daily ritual of winding it.
Here it is 33 years later and that clock had never stopped. Earlier this year I had the
privilege of a lifetime. I overhauled her clock for her and now she is again winding
that clock everyday.
All my family has clocks and one of my brothers has quite a varied collection. It has
been my privilege to keep his clocks running. Every time I'm home I wind his clocks
and set the ones that have run down.
I work on all kinds of mechanical clocks but have specialized in cuckoos and only do
regular clocks and quartz watch overhauls for family, friends, and members of my
church. And I admit I sometimes take in clocks from their friends and total strangers
who see the "Cuckoo Clock Doctor" signs on my Jeep and flag me down.
My passion is cuckoos. I've heard some same you have to be crazy to work on
clocks and cuckoo to work on cuckoos. You better send the white coats after me
because I'm certifiably crazy about working on your cuckoo clocks.
Papa
The Cuckoo Clock Doctor
granddaughters call me Papa. I am a certified cuckoo clocksmith, certified horologist
as well as a watchmaker. Some of my fondest memories from childhood revolve
around watches and clocks. As soon as I started wearing wrist watches (the wind up
kind back in the dark ages), when they would slow down we sent them to "Uncle
Doc" who was a watchmaker in Texas. I would watch the mail and pretty soon my
watch would arrive all shiny and running on time. Uncle Doc would put a note in the
envelope with an amount just for parts, and I would gather up my lawn mowing
money and send it to him. I grew up watching my other family members do the same.
I was amazed that someone could actually make them work, and thus began a quest
for how time pieces worked and eventually how to repair them and keep them
working.
In my early teens, my brother-in-law was the pastor of a local church. He had a
prominent member who collected and repaired clocks. Pretty soon clocks started
becoming part of my life. I remember when I was about 12 my mother received an
1880's Seth Thomas 30 hour clock for an anniversary present. I watched her wind
that clock everyday up until I left home to be married. It was always a pleasure to
see how much enjoyment she got out of that clock and her daily ritual of winding it.
Here it is 33 years later and that clock had never stopped. Earlier this year I had the
privilege of a lifetime. I overhauled her clock for her and now she is again winding
that clock everyday.
All my family has clocks and one of my brothers has quite a varied collection. It has
been my privilege to keep his clocks running. Every time I'm home I wind his clocks
and set the ones that have run down.
I work on all kinds of mechanical clocks but have specialized in cuckoos and only do
regular clocks and quartz watch overhauls for family, friends, and members of my
church. And I admit I sometimes take in clocks from their friends and total strangers
who see the "Cuckoo Clock Doctor" signs on my Jeep and flag me down.
My passion is cuckoos. I've heard some same you have to be crazy to work on
clocks and cuckoo to work on cuckoos. You better send the white coats after me
because I'm certifiably crazy about working on your cuckoo clocks.
Papa
The Cuckoo Clock Doctor
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