Upon saving Sixpence, Boone can then acquire Sixpence's skill (manipulation of clocks), as well as have
his pocket watch repaired.
Not exact matches
He used those improvised tools — and the odd
watch pieces that always filled his
pockets — to
repair malfunctioning timepieces.
Since the
watch is initially busted, Boone's first goal is to save the Reginald Sixpence, the
watch maker, so that the
pocket watch can be
repaired.
The image that comes to mind is handing a heavy wrench to a gorilla to use for
repairing a computer [or sometimes I visualize a gold
pocket watch in place of my laptop].