No tick-tock-tick-tock. After about 25 years, I was very concerned when the clock I had purchased at a perfect Ottawa Valley auction stopped ticking and tocking. It also stopped bonging on the half hour. What to do?
I molly-coddled it for many days, coaxing it into life, but alas to no avail. It would tick-tock for a few minutes and then stop. So I went online and googled "clock repairs in Calgary" and called. "Bring it in," the guy said. So this morning I did. I reluctantly left my "baby" there and the clock expert will call with the diagnosis, but I miss that clock fiercely. Having been so used to its regular tick-tock and chiming, I feel lost in the house without it. It's sort of like a heartbeat. That clock survived the trip from Ottawa to Calgary in the back of a huge moving van and when I took it out of the box more than two years ago, it began to happily tick-tock away.
Not lately. Also took in a few antique watches from great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, which have stopped performing, as well as a vintage 'Cartier' which B owns. We'll see what the damage is, but I will definitely have my wall clock back in fine fettle.
Hopefully by Christmas.
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