My obsession with torsion clocks

[rleete]

Dad was trained as a watchmaker in his younger years. He carried this on throughout his life, making parts and repairing watches and clocks on the side. Mom just recently got rid of most of his stuff, including a tiny lathe, a machine that timed watches and various tools. He never made it a "real" business, but word spread, and he always had a project on the bench.

He did one torsion clock which he fought with for a long time to get set right and vowed to never take on another one. There are still a bunch of strange clocks in the basement that he bought over the years because he liked how they look.