The watchmaker
May 8, 2013
If you came across a pocket watch in the middle of a field, would it make you think of the watchmaker?
I love the precise work of the watchmaker in this little shop in the old town of Sarajevo. He has some lovely old watch faces, little gold ones, that I am daydreaming of wearing… He takes old watches and fixes them up, recovering their true value. (They don’t make watches like that anymore!) Kind of like a metaphor for something.
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pilgrimography 
What gorgeous watches. That watchmaker looks so precious!
he has such a cool magnifying glass!
Yes, it would! I love how you can see how much care the watchmaker is putting into his work. You capture this so beautifully in these photos.
Maybe we need a post… how to put on a watch? I haven’t worn one since college!
hehe! i haven’t worn one in ages either, although going to the watchmaker made me want to start again…
Reminds me of that brian selznick book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (which was made into the movie “Hugo”)… have you read or seen?
i saw the movie and LOVED it!! great reference…
Saraj´vo!