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Andy Dervan is our speaker: "Samuel A. Bemis Watch Account Books 1815-1822".

Samuel A. Bemis (1793-1881) was illegitimate son of Samuel Bemis. He learned watch and clock repair from his father and came to Boston and worked as watch repairer from 1812 to 1822 before becoming a dentist that he practiced successfully until 1861 when he retired. The talk will focus on his two account books recording his watch repairs while working for Baldwin & Jones in Boston 1815 - 1822. He was an extraordinarily productive watch repairer working on approximately 3500 watches in slightly less than 7 years. It will provide a glimpse on the variety of watches and the repairs that he handled.

Andy Dervan, FNAWCC, joined the NAWCC in 1997 and has found researching the histories of various makers and companies as challenging and exciting as collecting. His principal collecting interest is weight-driven clocks from late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mr. Dervan retired from DuPont Performance Coatings and spends some of his free time writing articles for the Clock and Watch Bulletin along with volunteering at the Henry Ford Museum and a local animal shelter.

Directions:

FROM THE NORTH: 128S to exit 21B (Route 16 ). Take a right at the lights at the end of the ramp onto Route 16. Papa-Razzi is less than 1/4 mile after first set of lights on left hand side.

FROM THE SOUTH: 128N to exit21 ( Route 16 ) . Take a left at the end of the ramp. Proceed through 2 sets of lights. Papa-Razzi is less than 1/4 mile on left hand side

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