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Albin Schaeder was born 1921 in a tenant farmer’s lodge in Neder-Kalix in the county of Norrbotten in northern Sweden. In their self kept house he learnt from its scarce resources the virtue to on his own both repair and to manufacture new goods and properties.

His interest in clocks and watches was initiated by his father’s nursing of the only clock of the house, the alarm clock. The skilful local village smith and fiddler, who had made his own violin, also led Albin on to the route of building violins. Albin’s clock knowledge gave him his occupation that was to offer him both bread and substance in life.

For many successive years Albin performed clock repairs at a large scale with two own shops; in a business where he often was restricted to manufacture spare parts himself.

A never ending curiosity and energy drove Albin into not just becoming a skilful watchmaker and manufacturer, but also a musical instrument builder, an artist and also an author.