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“I have spent most of my earnings in old watches and clocks,” Dung said.
He said clocks are “living” items so collectors have to take care of them to keep them running.
He also said that collecting old watches and clocks is not as costly as collecting other things. Collectors can buy an old clock or watch with several hundreds of thousand dong (dozens of US dollars).
But not everyone can become a clock collector because a collector must be an expert of clocks. Dung said he knows the brand of a clock and its production date by listening to its sound.
He currently has hundreds of old watches and clocks, including those over 200 years old. All of them were made by hand.
Dung said his favorite item is a ceramic clock made in the late 19th century. It was designed by the French and made in
He also owns several gold-made watches, which were made in the former
“The sound from clocks make people think of many things. It reminds people to value time,” Dung said.
Some clocks in Dung’s collection:
On the occasion of the Day for
30 of Dung’s old clocks were displayed at
All of them ran for seven consecutive days after being winded up.
The clock that was made in
This clock (left) was made in France in the late 19th century and
another one that was produced in
This one was made in
Schatz clock was made in
It can run for 400 days after being wound up.
A clock that was made in
This French clock was produced in 1950.
This clock was produced in 1940 in
Another clock from
This was made in 1950 in
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