Hakan ya faro ne wata rana a shekara ta 1909 lokacin da Alberto Olvera Hernández, ɗan shekara 17 kawai, ya fahimci cewa agogon "hayaki" ya lalace… saboda haka aka haifi tarihin ban sha'awa na Clocks Centenario. Sanin shi!
A lokacin da yake kokarin gyara wannan agogon mantir din, sai ya tarwatsa shi kuma a lokacin ne ya fada cikin sihirin wannan karamin na'urar auna lokaci, abin burgewa da zai kasance tare dashi har tsawon rayuwarsa.
Alberto Olvera Daga nan ya yanke shawarar gina agogonsa na "abin tunawa" na farko wanda zai jagoranci aiki da ayyukan zamantakewar ma'aikatan gidan gonar mahaifin, wanda ke cikin unguwar Eloxochitlán, a cikin Zacatlán, Puebla.
Don aiwatar da burinta, Alberto Olvera Yana da kawai lathe na itace, da kayan kwalliya, da maƙera, da wasu kayan aiki masu kyau daga shagon kafinta na mahaifinsa. Da hannayensa ya gina inji don hako itace, ya yi rataye laka ya yi wasu fayiloli. Ya fara aiki kuma bayan shekaru uku, a watan Agusta 1912, aka ƙaddamar da agogonsa na farko, a gonar Coyotepec, Zacatlán, Puebla.
Alberto Olvera saurayi ne mai nutsuwa sosai, ya buga goge da mandolin kuma shi ne ya ƙirƙira, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, na sauya canjin jiragen ƙasa da ya basu lasisi a 1920. “Gwada abu alama ce ta damuwa. Yin hakan jarabawa ce ta halayya ”, ya kasance mizanin jagora na kasancewarta mai fa'ida.
Duk da irin ayyukan da yake yi, Alberto Olvera ya fara kera wani agogo a cikin shekarar 1918. A wannan karon sai da aka ɗauki shekara ɗaya kawai kafin a kammala sannan a girka shi a garin Chignahuapan da ke kusa da su. Ya ci gaba da aiki a Coyotepec har zuwa 1929, shekarar da ya kafa bita a cikin garin Zacatlán, Puebla.
Ta haka aka haife shi Kallo na Shekaru, sunan da aka karɓa a cikin 1921, kwanan wata na farko da ƙarni na cika na ofancin Mexico.
A halin yanzu suna aiki a ciki Kallo na Shekaru yara da jikokin Alberto Olvera, da ma'aikata hamsin da ma'aikata. Domin Jose Luis Olvera Charolet, manajan Clocks Centenario na yanzu, gina agogon jama'a alƙawari ne, ba kawai ga waɗanda suka ba da umarni ko biyansa ba, har ma da ɗaukacin al'umma, tunda da gaske ne wannan agogo ke kula da ayyukan jama'a. Ana jiran ƙaddamar da agogo mai girma tare da farin ciki mai yawa kuma daga lokacin da ta zo ana ɗauka ta wurin yan gida a matsayin nasu. Ko a cikin coci, fadar birni ko abin tunawa da aka gina musamman don ajiye shi, agogo yana da alaƙa da al'adu da tushen Meziko zuwa ƙasarsu ta asali. Ya kasance batun cewa ma'aikacin Meziko da ke zaune a Amurka ya biya cikakken kuɗin agogo a "garinsa" na asali.
Clocks Centenario ita ce farkon masana'antar agogo a Latin Amurka. Kowace shekara, tsakanin 70 zuwa 80 daga cikinsu ana sanya su a garuruwan Meziko da ƙasashen waje. José Luis Olvera ya tabbatar da cewa a yankinmu –daga Baja California zuwa Quintana Roo- akwai agogo sama da 1500 da wannan kamfanin ya ƙera.
Daga cikin mahimman agogo na karni shine fure na Sunken Park (Luis G. Urbina) a cikin garin Mexico, ɗayan mafi girma a duniya, wanda ke da girman yanki murabba'in murabba'in 78 kuma yana da bugun kira na mita goma a diamita. Basilica na Nuestra Señora del Roble, a cikin Monterrey, ya yi fice sosai don abin tunawa, tare da murfinsa huɗu na mita huɗu a diamita kowannensu. Babu shakka, ɗayan ƙaunatattun dangin Olvera shine agogon furannin Zacatlán, wanda yanzu alama ce ta birni, wanda Clocks Centenario ta ba da shi ga yawan jama'a a cikin 1986. Wannan agogon, babu irinsa a duniya mai fuskoki biyu masu fuska biyar. Mita kowannensu, wanda aka kunna ta wata hanyar tsakiya, yana sanya awanni tare da karin waƙoƙi daban-daban guda tara, gwargwadon lokacin shekara, da ƙarfe 6 da 10 na safe, da 2 na rana da kuma 9 na dare, awanni ya yanke shawarar ba zai tsoma baki ba game da kararrawar cocin.
Kowane kyakkyawan agogo mai alfahari da kasancewa ɗaya dole ne ya kasance da carillon sa (duk da cewa ana kiran sa da suna chime, ba daidai bane, in ji José Luis Olvera). Carillon shine sautunan karrarawa waɗanda ke samar da wani sauti ko karin waƙa don alamar ragowar lokaci. Abokin ciniki ne yake zaɓar waƙoƙin carillon bisa ga al'adun gargajiyar wurin ko abubuwan da suke so.
Dangane da wannan, José Luis Olvera ya ba da labarin wasu labaran: lokacin da garin Torreón ya sami agogo biyu, furanni ɗaya na Gidan Tarihi na yankin na La Laguna da kuma wani wanda aka gina abin tarihi na musamman, shugaban birni na wancan lokacin ya nemi na biyun ya taka La Filomena kowane lokaci. A cikin Tuxtla Gutiérrez akwai agogon fure mai fuska uku wanda ke fassara Tuxtla da Las Chiapanecas waltz. Shekarar da ta wuce kawai, shugaban birni na Santa Bárbara, wani tsohon garin hakar ma'adanai a Chihuahua, ya ba da umarnin yin carillon da ke wasan Amor Perdido.
Clocks Centenario, baya ga kerawa da girka agogon da take samarwa, yana gyara agogon Faransa, Jamusanci da Ingilishi daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20, lokacin da Porfirio Díaz ya ba da shawarar a saka ɗaya a kowane gari.
José Luis Olvera ya faɗi cewa mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen talabijin ya taɓa tambayarsa: “Shin kasuwanci ne a gina agogo?” Amsar nan take: “Mun yi su fiye da shekaru tamanin.” “A cikin wannan kasuwancin, Olvera ya ƙara da cewa, bayan tallace-tallace yana da mahimmanci. Ta siyar da agogo, muna yin alƙawarin da ba zai ƙare a ranar buɗewa ba. Lokacin da ya cancanta, masu fasaha na Centenario Watches suna tafiya zuwa cikin ƙasar ko ƙasashen waje don gyara ko sauƙaƙe don kula da agogon cewa, ban da kasancewa cikin ɓangaren al'umma, yana ba mu damar kasancewa koda a cikin garuruwan da ke nesa da jan hankali na mazaunanta ”.
Ziyarci gidan kayan gargajiya na Alberto Olvera Hernández, a cikin Zacatlán, Puebla. www.centenario.com.mx
