VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trung Dung has a great passion for old clocks and watches. He has collected hundreds of clocks and watches in the last 20 years.

“I have spent most of my earnings in old watches and clocks,” Dung said.

He said clocks are “living” items so collectors have to take care of them to keep them running.

He also said that collecting old watches and clocks is not as costly as collecting other things. Collectors can buy an old clock or watch with several hundreds of thousand dong (dozens of US dollars).

But not everyone can become a clock collector because a collector must be an expert of clocks. Dung said he knows the brand of a clock and its production date by listening to its sound.

He currently has hundreds of old watches and clocks, including those over 200 years old. All of them were made by hand.

Dung said his favorite item is a ceramic clock made in the late 19^th century. It was designed by the French and made in China. He bought it in France.

He also owns several gold-made watches, which were made in the former USSR. These are special gifts of USSR state leaders to citzens who did well for their country.

“The sound from clocks make people think of many things. It reminds people to value time,” Dung said.

Some clocks in Dung’s collection:

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