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The double-sided gift/curse of time has inspired great thinkers throughout history. From Proust penning the Search for Lost Time to Benjamin Franklin who wrote “Lost time is never found again, it’s true that time waits for no one. As Chronos and Chaos take their toll, a well-made clock or watch can bring a feeling of order, stability and artfulness to its wearer, and their world. Watchmakers therefore are tasked with a vocation close to the divine purposes of “Father Time”- setting the rhythm and allowing for rhyme and reason to be made around time passing.
Chris Carey was taught watch repair as a boy by his grandfather, Pat Caruso, a watchmaker at Waltham Watch Company. In 1993 he opened his own clock and watch repair shop, Watertown Watch and Clock, and now operates the shop with his wife, Christine, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Chris has served as the Secretary of The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI), he is the Chairman of the Board of the Massachusetts Watchmakers- Clockmakers Association, and is Past President of NAWCC New England Chapter 8. Chris will talk about the history of Waltham Watch, starting with the Boston Watch Company and ending with Waltham Precision instrument company. He will talk about the watches Waltham made and the people who worked there. He will recount some of the stories from his grandfather and talk about old and new research that is being done relating to the watch factory. Beware: Chris’ family is sick of hearing him talk about watches and clocks, so he is happy to have found a new audience with whom he can share his passion!
