Ghandabhai Watchmakers

Ghandabhai Watchmakers sits on the main street of Nadi with a facade that has stayed largely unchanged for decades. The shop functions as a quiet time capsule in a town otherwise constantly refashioning itself for tourists. Inside, walls are lined with mechanical clocks that have ticked through the shifting fortunes of the sugar industry and the rise of international travel. Ghandabhai himself started the trade with a simple set of tools, fixing watches long before the concrete storefront existed.