Kailash Nakagawa

Restoration Technician

Kailash Nakagawa

Kailash's Grail

Where you’re from:
Cambridge, Massachusetts

The first watch that moved you:
A Swatch Body and Soul that my parents bought me for my birthday as a teenager.

Why:
It was the first time I had seen a mechanical watch and I was fascinated by trying to figure out how it worked. 

Day-to-day:
As a restoration technician, I carefully inspect watches, make any necessary adjustments including cleaning and repairing to ensure that each timepiece reaches customers in pristine condition. 

Grail:
The Antikythera Mechanism. While it doesn't tell time in minutes or hours, it is an orrery constructed in the 2nd century before the common era with revolutionary machining techniques. 

The world should know:
I have lived in Cambridge for my whole life except my undergraduate education at Stanford University!

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