Boyd Clocks

Boyd Clocks, on North Florida Avenue in Tampa, is a specialist in something increasingly rare: antique and mechanical clock repair. Google describes the shop as friendly and focused on repairing, dismantling, and restoring antique, grandfather, and pendulum clocks — a narrower specialty than the typical watch-and-jewelry counter, and one that requires a different set of skills entirely. A grandfather clock or pendulum clock runs on weight-driven or spring-driven mechanical movements, often a century or more old, with wooden cases, hand-painted dials, and chime mechanisms that a modern watchmaker rarely encounters. Restoring one properly means fully dismantling the movement, cleaning decades of old lubricant and grime from each gear and pivot, replacing worn parts where needed, and reassembling and regulating the whole mechanism so it keeps accurate time and strikes correctly again. For anyone in Tampa with an inherited grandfather clock that's stopped running, or an antique mantel or wall clock that needs restoration rather than replacement, a dedicated clock specialist like Boyd Clocks is a different kind of resource than a typical wristwatch repair shop — one built specifically around the mechanics and history of clocks.