Kwan Swee News Today

WATCH repairers have plenty of time on their hands, so to speak. As they strap on their eye loupes (a magnification device to see small details), they make it their mission to focus on the inner workings of watches and clocks. The ubiquitous kedai jam or old watch and repair shops that mostly occupy shophouses in pre-war buildings in Malaysia, have second or third generation timepiece restorers at the helm. Some of them who took over the business from their fathers, are resigned to the fact tha...