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Gazette, The (Janesville, WI)
June 20, 2025
Wisconsin clock repair shops restore chimes, gongs, memories
MERTON, Wis. -- If it were easy anyone could do it, but only a few still do. They're Wisconsin's remaining horologists.Horology is the ancient art or science of making – or fixing – timepieces. "We're a dying breed," Chad Schmitz said. "There are not too many clock shops around anymore." Schmitz operates the Gift of Time in Merton, Wis., along with his parents Margaret and Paul. The shop opened in its current location in 1996. But the Schmitz family has been in the antique clock
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