North Shore Clock Shop

Marilyn and George Phillips, owners of Phillips’ Clock Shop in Swampscott, bring a whole new meaning to the value of time. Since 1974, the couple has collected, repaired, and dealt in all manner of timepieces. When they first met, decades ago, one of their common interests was antiquing. “George has always appreciated fine old clocks,” notes Marilyn. “He is very mechanically inclined, so it was either computers or clocks.” It was decidedly clocks. He attended the North Bennet Street School in Boston, where watch and clock repair was once taught, and he worked at the Chelsea Clock Company as well as in Jordan M

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