Services
We have our own team of in house clockmakers and restorers and also use a select number of specialist outside restorers.
We work on all types of antique timepieces including tower clocks, vintage watches and pocket watches, music boxes, gramophones and automata.
We work with individuals and organizations on bespoke projects.
In our workshops we are able to do forging, bronze casting, dial re-silvering and silk-screening, to mention but a few . Also restoration and refinishing of wooden cases, including replacing missing veneers, fret work, inlay, carvings and turnings.
All of the work is done painstakingly by hand and demands not only the use of traditional methods or ancient recipes, but a high level of discipline and concentration in becoming one with the piece. Elevating the craft to an art.
“Each piece that comes in for restoration, takes me on another path of discovery of the old craft. I have an insatiable curiosity to find out what methods and disciplines those clockmakers of old used, to create these unique and fascinating mechanisms.”
We endeavour to restore each piece in a way that resembles as closely as possible the original methods used.
“I derive most pleasure from restoring pieces that require me to research new aspects of the craft.”
For any enquiries please email
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Kim Sacks gallery
153 Jan Smuts avenue
Parkwood
2193
Johannesburg
South Africa
By appointment only. - +27 83 377 9076
