An overclocker — and a craphound — by any other name


My pal Mara Schwartz did a cool piece in Sunday's LA Times magazine about an odd old gentleman who collects clocks. I mean, really collects clocks. Photo at left snapped by Mara wasn't printed with the story…. so I'm posting it here just for you. Story snip:

"'Many people like to smoke, and other people like to drink,' says Ricardo Brill. 'I like clocks.' Since 1960, Ricardo and his wife, Elsie, have been fixing ailing clocks, watches and other timepieces at their Hollywood Boulevard location, Elsie's Watch and Jewelry Repair. The great-grandparents, who have been married for 57 years, still serve many of the same customers from when the store first opened."

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