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Max Nesbet and Dorian Clair pose for a photo with the shop cat, Mike, who is frequently seen in the window.Lance Yamamoto/Special to SFGATE
Bowing his head over a tiny workstation cluttered with a mishmash of mysterious gadgets and appliances, Max Nesbet carefully takes apart a 14-karat gold pocket watch that is at least 200 years older than he is.
He ponders aloud while he works. Two initials — E.B. — are carved into the intricate design. Nesbet isn’t sure who or what that might be referencing, but judging by the hallmark stamped into the case, what he can tell is that the object in his hands was likely an English watch sold in New York sometime in 1786.