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Law School wasn't really me. I could do it ok, but I didn't get the joy out of it that I did from taking a watch that didn't go and repairing it. After several years working part time at Citizen learning the basics I made the difficult decision to quit university and pursue a career repairing clocks. Jim Mackinnon, owner of Precision Watch Company in West Auckland took me on, and in his busy workshop I quickly found out what real repair work was. Under Colin Hollingsworth's patient tutelage I learned how to restore antique clocks. After several years I moved to Lancaster Jewellers in Mission Bay before moving again to The Geneva Connection in Takapuna. Marcus Bossert, a graduate of the famous WOSTEP school of watchmaking encouraged me to apply myself to watches again, and taught me how to service high grade and mechanical watches... A trip to Student Job Search in 1994 sent me down a new and different path in life than the one I had planned. A part time job changing batteries at..

Primary location: Rotorua New Zealand