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Watchmaker, Naseby

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Watchmaker, Naseby

Even small towns such as Naseby in Central Otago had specialist small shops including watchmakers. Robert Strong opened his Naseby shop in 1868, and the business was carried on by his son, William, until 1967.

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Carl Walrond, Shops – General stores, bookshops, tobacconists and jewellers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21231/watchmaker-naseby (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 6 April 2010, updated 19 February 2026.