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DeMers Clock Service

by Keith DeMers

72 years of DeMers

NAWCC                 AWI

Our Founder

Alphonse J. DeMers

DeMers Clock Service
2764 Woodland Ave.
Columbus, Oh.
(614)475-9653
Howard Miller, Ridgeway, & Sligh  

Grandpa started repairing clocks in his basement in 1928.  We have been in the business ever since.
My Grandpa and Dad kept the business going through WWll and have struggled through the times to maintain an element of excellence that is rarely seen in these times.

Written Sunday Sept. 25, 1949 in the "Citizen Magazine"

When Al DeMers spotted this unique location 10 years ago,  he was able to lease a basement room 12x12 feet square.  The present(1949 remember not '98) quarters of the DeMers clock and lighter repair service occupy more than 1000 square feet....you can listen to the heart-throb of a score of ancient and modern clocks as they go about ticking away eternity.  Mr. DeMers has repaired an English clock more than 300 years old....made by the master clock manufacturer,  Benjamin Hill,  in England in 1642.

My Dad got out of WWII and went to work with grandpa and later introduced shaver repair along with some appliance repair,  authorized by many manufacturers.  Dad got involved with NASA ( National Appliance Service Assc.) in the '60s and carried the business with more than a little trouble with 8 kids and nurtured all of us to guarantee the world (or community at least) that the DeMers family name carried on and that his fathers love of clocks and the gratification in making them work would continue.

We have over70 years invested in something that we believe in and we are ready to invest a little time in giving you the time.  We offer a 2 year gaurantee on most overhaul work performed on your clock.  

We do restoration work and we advise whether or not you should even have it done.  In (actually) most "cases" we tell the customer to "leave it alone" you can restore it to its original beauty,  but then you take away the history and some of the story that clock has to tell---if you just listen--i.e. to your great grandma or grandpa, or great aunt.

(this picture may not have come out as good as the clock itself actually looks)

New Haven

"CLYDE" model

circa 1880-1900

This clock was found in a basement in the condition shown above.  We overhauled the movement, rebuilt the pendulum, and had new glass cut.  We then installed the movement and located and installed the dial, dialpan and hands.

The case was stripped and coated with tung oil varnish.

I Love doing what I do and I enjoy checking out what others in this field of Horology are doing and seeing that I'm not the only one that enjoys getting someones timepiece running again.
The one most gratifying thing to me is to see a little Ol' Lady pick up her clock and see it running again.  She looks at her clock and then at my long "Biker" hair and she gives me the Best Smile.
I've heard stories about clocks that could relate to ALL families and generations,  but really I'm more interested in what the clock has to say ' If only THEY could talk' !
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I'm Keith DeMers and I Can get your clock ticking again!!

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