On Time, Clocks and Gearing Up

As we speak, Astrid and I are gearing up for our annual trip to America next week.

And that's what my post is about at Vision and Verb today.

It so happens the above image is from the Broekhuis Klokken store in Steenbergen, Netherlands, from our day trip back in April when we also visited the Moses Bridge.  As often happens, we kill several birds with one stone!

I'll get to the rest of Steenbergen later but as we were walking around the city center, we came upon the Broekhuis store and were immediately drawn in by the clocks in the window.  Once we entered, we were gobsmacked!  I have never seen so many clocks and different varieties in one place ever.  

The showrooms are endless.  To work there you'd have to memorize the maze.

 Old clocks. New clocks.  Antique and Modern.

Dr. Seuss would have a heyday there, coming up with a jingle.

A face for any personality or mood.

Guess how much these clocks cost?

The top middle clock will set you back only €72K ($89K).

Are you as fascinated with clockworks as I am?

With all those gears, aren't your surprised they don't break more often!

Oh, but if they do, this is the place to get them fixed.

All these clocks are made at Erwin Sattler in Germany.

Dick Broekhuis happens to be the only Dutch retailer and with the largest shop in Europe, if not the world.

He graciously gave us free rein in his store.  We were like kids in a candy shop.

And we didn't even visit the watch store next door!

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As I mentioned earlier, we were in the city of Steenbergen in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands:  pop. c. 23,000.  We weren't there for long...just a wee pass-through....

 ...but had plenty of time to see the Catholic St. Gummaruskerk, with history back to the 13th century.

Too bad it wasn't open!

 Impressions.  Always time for impressions...

...all making up the Steenbergen we saw that day.

No weathervanes or gevelstenen...but we did see the water tower from 1950 (top left).
And the Reformed Protestantkerk is in the bottom-right corner.

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Here's another reminder about my Vision and Verb post today.  We really are geared up for next week's trip to America!  But more on that next week, just before we leave.