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years. Before that, he worked for Chespeake and Potomac Telephone out of the utility’s Maryland office. ‘Tve been doing it seriously ever since 1 looked at my first retirement check!” he joked. ‘Tve always been interested in doing things with my hands, interested in mechanical things, and 1 needed to supplement my retirement income. I like to work on nice things so clocks seemed to be the answer."
He investigated training programs offered by various outfits and settled on a correspondence course from the School of Clock Repair and Restoration.
“It took about ten weeks—one of those work-atyour-own-speed deals. They sent you a clock movement to take apart and put back together again.” said Gene.
Tucker was a top student. The repair school didn't give out standard report cards; however, a letter attests that he earned the highest grade ever awarded by the institution.
But his new found expertise has begun to pay off only recently. When he first set up his home business, any money he earned was more than offset by the expenditures for specialized tools and movement pieces. The tools are tiny, as small as the instruments used by doctors in performing delicate heart surgery on an infant. The clock pieces are smaller still. Bushings for some of the finer French clocks are almost microscopic, so minute that eyes cross when attempts are made to focus on them without a magnifying glass.
"I have all kinds of little funny tools, all kinds of little expensive funny tools. I have
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