Hendricks County ICON (IN)
December 15, 2018
Perhaps no one understands the value of time better than Dan and Patricia Jackson.The Avon couple, owners of the Jackson's Clockworks home-based repair shop, once was handed a box containing the pieces of a clock that was shredded by a tornado and painstakingly rescued from the ruins by its distraught owner.
"When people bring in their clocks, they usually want to tell the story," Patricia said. "They don't just want to get it fixed; they want to tell you all about it because they
Hendricks County Business Leader (IN)
December 15, 2018
Perhaps no one understands the value of time better than Dan and Patricia Jackson.The Avon couple, owners of the Jackson's Clockworks home-based repair shop, once was handed a box containing the pieces of a clock that was shredded by a tornado and painstakingly rescued from the ruins by its distraught owner.
"When people bring in their clocks, they usually want to tell the story," Patricia said. "They don't just want to get it fixed; they want to tell you all about it because they
Daily Reporter-Herald, The (Loveland, CO)
March 9, 2019
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time started at 2 a.m. Sunday, when some clocks automatically set themselves ahead by an hour. But some clocks need to be manually set ahead one hour. Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 3, this year.
When millions of Americans take a moment spring their clocks forward this weekend, it might be the only time many of them give even a fleeting thought to the mechanisms that will keep them accurately telling time until November.
Gazette, The (Janesville, WI)
June 20, 2025
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
Antigo Daily Journal (WI)
June 20, 2025
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
Daily Jefferson County Union (Fort Atkinson, WI)
June 20, 2025
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
EagleHerald (Marinette, WI)
June 20, 2025
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
Watertown Daily Times (WI)
June 20, 2025
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
Beloit Daily News (WI)
June 20, 2025
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
Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, KY)
September 23, 2011
For more than half a century, Francis Xavier Rogers, 87, has kept many of our clocks and watches ticking.Rogers, whose father and brother were both watchmakers, helped in the family watch repair business as a young boy.
"I started helping my father by taking the clocks apart so they'd be ready for him to fix them," he said.
All this happened in Boston, where his family later expanded the business to include a jewelry store.
The arrival of Rogers in our community was the
