Yu Xinfu more than sixty watch collection love

For the first time, I know the name of Yu Xinfu elderly person, which is the tenth anniversary exhibition of collectors' associations in the near future. At that time, a large and small showcase exhibited about 50 different models of Yu Lao watches.

Yu Xinfu, 83, said that his late father was a well-known watchmaker in Shangyu and was the owner of the Jinshan watch repair shop. He started learning to watch the clock with his father at the age of 16 and became a clock repair master at the age of 18, which has been more than 60 years.

"My collection of more than 200 watches in the late Qing dynasty, the Republic of China and the early liberation dominated the largest 2 meters high, is by gravity spring clock, the smallest is a small alarm 7 cm in diameter, but also more than 100 years of history The small leather bell, there are both pocket watches and can do dual-purpose pocket watch. "Yu Xin Fu told reporters that the clock and watch categories include wall clocks, clocks, floor clocks, clocks, alarm clocks, watches and wrist watches, from Switzerland, Germany, France and more than 10 countries.

Yu Xinfu grew up in the watch repair family, although the structure of the clock is also understood, but he still books from scratch to start learning, like the alarm clock one by one the parts removed, reassembled, through repeated disassembly, to achieve Practice makes perfect.

After retiring, Yu Xinfu will still wear glasses to repair the clock every day. The first thing after waking up every day, is to put a piece of white paper and a few gadgets, the day before the watch all repaired again check to see if the clock goes normal.

Watch is a sophisticated machine, and repair watches is a delicate life, need to be patient and careful. In order to live, he had to rely on the skill of repairing. Nowadays, he is always considerate and carefree, and more is fun. While he is working on repairing the clocks and watches, he has gone through handicrafts and enjoyed his leisure time.

During his collection, he was looking for some antique clocks through the collectibles market and the web site in the surrounding area, in addition to restoring the original bad watch. Among them, he is most proud of a German J plate beauty bell. More than 10 years ago, he got the message from his colleague and immediately went to Yuyao to negotiate. Because the boss is also an antique clock collector, he has been reluctant to deal. Subsequently, Yu Xin Fu made a special trip home two times, and finally get the price of 1500 yuan beauty bell.

Nowadays, with the upgrading of electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, clocks and watches are no longer necessities of life. Unlike electronic products, antique watches are mechanical manufacturing, collection value lies in its hand-made fine, gorgeous design and rich sense of history, but now, to repair mechanical watches, but very few people.

Yu Xin Fu is now worried about the heritage of watchmaking. He said that although there have been many apprentices, but with the changes in the market situation, these people have to diverted to start other businesses. "If the mechanical watch is broken in the future, it is a pity that such a precious timepiece can not be repaired and can not be heard on the surface. I really hope that the younger generation can learn and inherit it." Yu Xinfu said .