My granddad was a clock and watch repair man and his sister worked on clocks! So wished I would of been more interested in it growing up! Miss hearing all those clocks in one room! Music to my ears!
Hi Steve, I'm glad you've got your own channel. I find your skills fascinating. Repair Shop is my Favourite Show and I'm hoping that the show will continue. Many thanks Steve (and I also enjoy Sue).
You really could amass a huge following on RU-vid, Steve. Don't stop at one video. Watching you take such delight from stripping things down and fixing them back up is very entertaining.
It’s great to see that someone is still carrying on with the great work that clock & watch smiths do, my Grandfather worked at it from the time he left school until he retired in his eighties, he was in such huge demand he even had his own workshop at home, there was a strong smell of tricolytharine in the workshop as he used it in his own cleaning machine. He was responsible for many years for winding the clock in our Cathedral in Chelmsford Essex, back then health & safety meant he didn’t need anyone help him climb the clock tower, he had many very valuable clocks & watches in his care, Omega being one of the many he loved to work on, in later life he concentrated on clock repair as the parts were easily handled by a man with old age effecting his movement. If he were alive today he would be thrilled to see you working as a watch smith on our TV screens, keep up your wonderful work Steve
Thanks for this great video. I have repaired clocks for 40 years as a “hobby”. (Stopped doing it 13 years ago.) I collected clocks and had a mentor who taught me and pushed me to get my license as a “ Certified Horologist” as was needed in Michigan at the time. I thoroughly enjoy watching you and comparing techniques. Most of which, I am delighted, are the same. I taught elementary school for 35 years. Working on a clock when I got home was great therapy: instant reward for a job well done, and the satisfaction of turning something non-working into working. I also enjoyed the looks and feelings of pleasure seeing their treasured clock working as it should. Thank you so much for taking part in The Repair Shop. Watching it is a very rewarding experience.
Steve, as an avid watcher of the repair shop , I love watching you when you are repairing something it's such a special skill you have in something so delicate a a clock or a watch And my other favourite person is your sister and her leather work ! Please keep it goin
Can't help but admire these guys. Technology which delivers the time with a sophistication of its own, with or without modern technology! Thanks for the video.
Bumped into this - glad to see it. As a sentimental customer, absolutely delighted to say the clocks that you have serviced for us are still both loved and ticking! X many more years, Steve- thank you 💛
Hi Steve, lovely workmanship, based of course on years of experience, gained by staying calm in the face of often challenging issues to be found as you well know in all things mechanical!? Does it not make you wonder, how did they do your work,so well too, hundreds of years ago, with hardly any materials and tools so freely available today?! I’m sure it crosses your mind, as it does mine so often!? I’m a time served toolmaker of 73 summers and fully understand and appreciate your(and your dear sisters) brilliant efforts! Thank you both!
Hiya Steve great video like many of others I've seen you on the repair shop too and how you helped Dom with the Ranalah that was in Mike wheelers shop, an ex partner of mine and myself used to live on West end in Witney during the 90's and I walked past Mike wheelers shop and every day keep up the amazing work ♥️
One of my uncles repaired clocks and watches. He also drove the large, long "earthmover" Caterpillar tractors for a living. Quite a contrast in skills!
Thank you for sharing. In my early years I used to repair / rebuild clocks. I now only do my own clocks. You are one of those people that actually preserve history. Without people like you all that knowledge would be lost and we would be guessing about the past. Thank you for your work and for sharing.
Thoroughly enjoy seeing you and Sue on the Repair Shop. If you should ever be coming to Spain, I have a chiming clock that was a wedding present to my grandparents on 31st January 1917. It was a great reassurance to me during WWII because if I woke up it was pitch dark (black out) and I heard the clock chime (every quarter) I knew everything was OK. There is also the clock on the old village school, with carillon, needs fixing.
Thankyou so much, boy you are such an interesting man to watch and listen to and the way you restore those movements back to what they were and I can relate to what you are saying about the frustrations some customers can create when they have a little fiddle trying to make adjustments and make a confusing mess of it all and are reluctant to confess anything anyway thanks once again for a most enjoyable video.Jim from AUSTRALIA.
Oh, how I wish I could have him come to Oregon to fix my grandfather clock that no one here will bother with. It’s lovely to see someone who has the sentimentality to care about ALL clocks. 🕰❤
known of you since the repair shop aired in Australia, wish all of you made more episodes, such a great show, restoring the history, and the engineering of time itself. great video.
Fascinating, especially as I’ve just recognised Steve off my favourite TV programme, The Restoration Shop on BBC 2. Such skill and patience. I’ve parked by his shop loads of times and even been in but never made the connection till now. As I know it will be in such capable hands I will now get my late in-laws mantle clock fixed
Marvellous , my gran had a jewellers and I used to spend hours watching the clock repairer work . So pleased to see you on your own doing your talented best . Re watching brings the memories .
Great video, love the Repair shop. I have nearly 30 Clocks dating from a circa 1780 Longcase to my Aunt and Uncle's Wedding present in 1951. I've always been fascinated by the work that the Clock repairers do. An 18th century Bracket Clock that you had worked on, I think it was about 1979 went through Canterbury Auctions the other year. Looking forward to seeing some more videos.
I love that parts are fabricated vice just replacing broken items as a first mediation to repair. Brilliant, I just had 2 clocks repaired, one a family cuckoo clock and another grandfather clock someone abandon. Lovely sounds.
First saw you on The Repair Shop. I love how much you put into the repairs you do. You are such an artist when it comes to restoring and conserving these little pieces of history!
Likewise. I only just learnt about repair shop during series 4 and Christmas one was the first episode I saw last year. Such a beautifully made and emotional programme too. 👍 🕒
Now this is a master clockmaker! The way you care for these works of art is akin to the love of a new parent bringing her newborn home from the hospital! - love it! please make more videos. JEB
Steven, you're a real craftsman. A very interesting video, and beautiful clocks in your workshop. Your story too from your grandfather, father, to yourself, is quite a legacy, you must still be using old tools belonging at one time to them. Many thanks for this video. 👍👍👍👍
The talent that you and your family have is amazing Steve. Keep on clocking n rocking with your grime unblocking and even Suzie is socking it to me too! A timeless classic, you are a very important cog in the bigger picture. Do you listen to 'Just a minute' on Radio 4 by any chance? It is always worth a second listen. Let's face it, you are such a handyman with your hands fixing other hands. Please post more videos, of the footage you have taken of the more important clock repairs that you have done. I really want to get my teeth into the workings and repairs of old clocks. I have owned a few beautiful antique ones myself. It broke my heart when I sold them. Please post more Steve, this is not a wind-up.
I think you and your sister Suzie are the business. You love your work so much. I have just bought a 1937 German Mantle clock. Should arrive by Friday, I hope it will still work.... Keep well you two.
You have an amazing talent sir, I have watched you on the repair shop on TV and you never cease to amaze me. I bow to your knowledge and expertise, you are a pleasure to watch. Totally amazing. Bravo. With love from me and my mum. ♥️👏👏👏👏👌👌👌
I greatly enjoyed watching your work on 'Repair shop'. Would love to see more video's of some of your experiences with other clocks and watches. You are very skilled.
Repair shop, best programme on television, especially the clock repairing. I purchase mainly mantle clocks, restore them, and sell them on. Really enjoy working on them
Seeing this video gives me inspiration to keep taking care of my clocks. It's been a childhood dream to fix up some clocks. Just a simple cleaning and oil of the bushings to keep it running ship shape as it was made to do so for years.
Fell in love and became a huge fan of your work when i saw you on The Repair Shop .... i'm from New York and thoroughly enjoyed the program i saw on Netflix ! Thank you so much for the love of your work.........
Hi even this pair of wrist and pocket watchmakers enjoyed this video, we love time and this was time well spent, thank you for sharing this with us, two guys in the high-desert of California, Lance & Patrick.
About 2 years ago ,I started working on watches and love doing it. I have one watch that I would like to work on. But I think it is out my hands. It is Omega 344. It was my son watch. He was out in the water with it on. Well I got wet. One day I hope to fix it. I have been putting Batteries and cleaning them and Watchbands. I thank what you do is great. People are starting to bring me there watches. I let them know that I'M New at it. They see I care about there watches and say too me do it.. So I do my best for them.
amazing,i knew a clock maker/ repairer and have a super rare Rotary Pin day date that works very well, he amazes me, but suggest also reading book about Harrison clocks, he and sis are super on repair shop, they are all are....Well done to all
Very interesting i live in spain for 21 years but sold antique clocks for years i have a guy in uk repiring a longcase clock movement for me i purchased it 4 yeats ago and he is doing it in his spair time it a longcase regulator year going i am looking forward to reciving it back he sends me videos on his progress so i love wathing your program
A really interesting video Steve, thank you for taking the trouble. As has been mentioned below, you should make more videos, they are truly inspiring. I have been scrolling down the comments below. Have you noticed that most are from people who give their full names rather than some silly handle. You have some serious follows. When the Covid restrictions are lifted I will pop over from France and bring my Shoolbred school clock in for repair.
This job would drive me nuts. If I trained myself to enjoy fixing the clocks, and then the customers screwed around with it and I had to fix it again, that would drive me nuts. If I didn't care about whether they worked or not, the tediousness would drive me nuts. So kudos to this guy for what he does.
