He may be a watch repairer, but Russell Dobell-Mobbs has fixed everything from toasters and radios to coffeemakers and spectacles.
But his most unusual request was to shorten a sword swallower's sword.
"When he returned to pick up the sword the six people in the shop scattered," Mr Dobell-Mobbs said with a laugh.
After 14 years in business in Springwood, Mr Dobell-Mobbs is moving to Tasmania in June with wife Tracy to the tiny town of Kettering, south of Hobart.
Seeking a seachange, the Timely Innovations owner intends to continue repairing watches and clocks, which can be posted to his new premises.
Mr Dobell-Mobbs has seen the industry change over the years, as people preference online shopping over walking into a store, although demand for watch and clock repairs has remained constant, so much so he has enough work to keep himself busy two months in advance.
But there has been a resurgence in watch buying.
"People are moving back to watches. People are fed up with their phones," he said.
And qualified watchmakers are dying out, Mr Dobell-Mobbs says. At 57, he's considered "young".
The watch, clock and jewellery business has had two previous owners and is somewhat of a Springwood institution, having been operational for 70 years.
Mr Dobell-Mobbs thanked his clientele and said he was going to miss his favourite customers.
Timely Innovations will be open on Saturdays until its May 30 closure.
After this goods can be posted to P.O Box 38, Kettering, Tasmania 7155.
