Time stands still for this Egyptian watchmaker - in pictures

The Armenian watchmaker shop Francis Papazian has stood in Cairo's Attaba Square since 1903 under the arcade of an old Haussmann-style building built in the downtown district's heyday

Samy Taha, a 63-year-old Egyptian watchmaker, repairs a watch at the Francis Papazian shop in the central Attaba district of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP

The Francis Papazian watchmaker's shop in the central Attaba district of Cairo. The Armenian shop opened in 1903. AFP

Samy Taha, 63, at work in Cairo. Time seems to stand still at the Armenian watchmaker shop, which has been in Attaba Square since 1903. AFP

Samy Taha repairs a watch at Francis Papazian. The shop is found under the arcade of an old Haussmann-style building in central Cairo and is currently surrounded by street sellers. AFP

Refaat Makary, a 58-year-old Egyptian watchmaker, repairs a watch at Francis Papazian. The Armenian watchmaker shop has been a feature of Cairo since in 1903. AFP

Refaat Makary at work in the historic Armenian watchmaker shop in Cairo. AFP

Samy Taha, 63, repairs a watch at the Francis Papazian in the central Attaba district of Cairo. AFP

Ashod Papazian, a 64-year-old Armenian-Egyptian watchmaker, examines a clock in his family-owned business: the Francis Papazian watchmaker's shop in Cairo. AFP

Karam Iskandar, a 56-year-old Egyptian watchmaker, works on a clock at Francis Papazian. AFP

Clocks decorate a wall of the Francis Papazian watchmaker's shop in Cairo. The shop has been part of the city for more than a century. AFP

Ashod Papazian at his family-owned watchmaking business in Cairo. AFP

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