About Me
I began my apprenticeship as a Clock and Watchmaker in 1968 in Zeitz, Germany. I went to the Clock and Watchmaker School in Landsberg, Germany. Over these three years in school I learned the basics of how to repair clocks, refurbish antique clocks and how to build clocks. This traditional way of learning and apprenticing in clock making, enabled this old craft from being passed down from master clockmakers to students.
After I received my Diploma in 1971, I worked at a Clock and Watch maker in Germany for many years. During these years, I took some training courses for camera-and projector repairs at Pentacon, in Dresden. I also opened up my own clock and watchmaker store in Zeitz, Germany.
Since I moved to Canada in 1994, I worked for the Grand old Clock Company and later for Western Avionics in Calgary. There, I repaired aircraft clocks and instruments. During this time I also established my own company: Calgary Clock Repair.
For many years I have been in contact with the German company - Schmucker Otto, to keep up with current European trends. It is important to me to educate my customers about what it means to do a quality job in repairing a clock. There are many self-proclaimed individuals that call themselves a clockmaker but without proper skills and training one cannot do the quality job that needs to be done. Often I see customers who had their clocks ‘fixed’ only to last a short time. Therefore, through my education and skills I can deliver the quality job that my customers deserve. I reiterate to my customers that the life span of a clock corresponds to the clock’s maintenance. A quick cleaning without any repair or using WD40 or will do more harm to a clock than good.
I take great pride in my education and many years of experience as a clock and watchmaker, and still enjoy it as much today as much as I did the on the first day.
You can trust your treasured time pieces in my hands.
I began my apprenticeship as a Clock and Watchmaker in 1968 in Zeitz, Germany. I went to the Clock and Watchmaker School in Landsberg, Germany. Over these three years in school I learned the basics of how to repair clocks, refurbish antique clocks and how to build clocks. This traditional way of learning and apprenticing in clock making, enabled this old craft from being passed down from master clockmakers to students.
After I received my Diploma in 1971, I worked at a Clock and Watch maker in Germany for many years. During these years, I took some training courses for camera-and projector repairs at Pentacon, in Dresden. I also opened up my own clock and watchmaker store in Zeitz, Germany.
Since I moved to Canada in 1994, I worked for the Grand old Clock Company and later for Western Avionics in Calgary. There, I repaired aircraft clocks and instruments. During this time I also established my own company: Calgary Clock Repair.
For many years I have been in contact with the German company - Schmucker Otto, to keep up with current European trends. It is important to me to educate my customers about what it means to do a quality job in repairing a clock. There are many self-proclaimed individuals that call themselves a clockmaker but without proper skills and training one cannot do the quality job that needs to be done. Often I see customers who had their clocks ‘fixed’ only to last a short time. Therefore, through my education and skills I can deliver the quality job that my customers deserve. I reiterate to my customers that the life span of a clock corresponds to the clock’s maintenance. A quick cleaning without any repair or using WD40 or will do more harm to a clock than good.
I take great pride in my education and many years of experience as a clock and watchmaker, and still enjoy it as much today as much as I did the on the first day.
You can trust your treasured time pieces in my hands.
My start in Canada as a clockmaker at a Calgary store in 1994.
A newspaper clipping from my store in Zeitz, Germany in 1989.
