فِي مَيْدَانِ الْعَتَبَةِ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ مَحَلٌّ صَغِيرٌ لِلسَّاعَاتِ، اسْمُهُ «بَابَازِيَان». الْمَحَلُّ مَفْتُوحٌ مُنْذُ سَنَةِ ١٩٠٣. صَاحِبُهُ أَشُود بَابَازِيَان، وَعُمْرُهُ أَرْبَعٌ وَسِتُّونَ سَنَةً. فَتَحَ جَدُّهُ هَذَا الْمَحَلَّ، ثُمَّ عَمِلَ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ. عَلَى الْجُدْرَانِ سَاعَاتٌ قَدِيمَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. بَعْضُهَا لِلزَّبَائِنِ، جَاؤُوا بِهَا لِلْإِصْلَاحِ. وَبَعْضُهَا لِأَشُود، وَهُوَ لَا يَبِيعُهَا. يُصْلِحُ أَشُود السَّاعَاتِ الْقَدِيمَةَ، وَعِنْدَهُ قِطَعٌ مِنْ أَيَّامِ جَدِّهِ. أَحْمَد الْمَلِيجِي يَجْمَعُ سَاعَاتِ الْحَائِطِ، وَعِنْدَهُ خَمْسٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ سَاعَةً. يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ أَمُرُّ أَمَامَ الْمَحَلِّ، وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ السَّاعَاتِ. وَفِي يَوْمٍ اشْتَرَيْتُ سَاعَةَ حَائِطٍ، وَلَمْ أَتَوَقَّفْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.
In Ataba Square in Cairo there is a small clock shop, called “Papazian”. The shop has been open since 1903. Its owner is Ashod Papazian, and he is sixty-four years old. His grandfather opened this shop, then his father worked in it. On the walls there are many old clocks. Some of them belong to customers, who brought them for repair. And some of them are Ashod’s, and he does not sell them. Ashod repairs old watches and clocks, and he has parts from his grandfather’s days. Ahmed El-Meligy collects wall clocks, and he has thirty-five clocks. He says: I used to pass in front of the shop, and I used to love the clocks. And one day I bought a wall clock, and I have not stopped since.