Connecticut Craftsmen: Clockmaking In North Haven

Clockmaker Raymond Pavkov trained for more than 8,000 hours to qualify as a master clockmaker. Since then he's spent years crafting, refitting and repairing antique clocks.

Pavkov works out of the Yankee Clock Peddler on Whitney Avenue in North Haven. He trained under a seventh-generation master clockmaker whose biggest piece of advice was to "always put yourself in the maker's place."

Producer Patrick Skahill visited his shop to gain insight into the art and craft that goes into working on the one thing most people will never throwaway - their antique clocks.

For more stories on Connecticut Craftsmen, check out WNPR's visit to a blacksmith's shop in Mystic.