The tips of Lin Xiaoman's tweezers were dipped in olive oil and shimmered under the desk lamp. She was exhaling at the clock in front of her workbench, trying to loosen the copper shavings stuck in the clockwork. This was the third old item to be repaired today. The first two were fountain pens from the Republic of China and semiconductors from the 1980s. Only this "Sanwu brand" clock made her grind for two full hours. Temperature.
