Allow us to restore your vintage mechanical timepiece with the devoted care and professional service every family heirloom timepiece deserves. We are not a production mechanical watch repair facility. We are a specialized shop, unhurried and uncompromising in our approach taken to repair and restore your early American and Swiss pocket or wrist watch. We provide pocket and wristwatch cleaning, restoration, overhaul and consultation.
It's becoming somewhat difficult to find a local watchmaker these days, we know. We hear it all the time. One that specializes in the old mechanical watches from the hay day of Swiss and American watch manufacturing is getting even harder. This by the way, is our specialty.
As a former Watchmakers Guild official, and out of respect for your local American Watchmaker, should you be in need of an antique watch repair service, check your local yellow pages first, and pursue his services first. If you run out of luck there, feel free to contact me. I'd like to gain you as a life long customer as I have so many families who know and respect what their mechanical watch needs and deserves.
Rogin Starweld Laser Welder:
If the exterior of your watches case and case back have clearly worn after many years of faithful use, we do have some options relating to it's restoration that I'd like to detail.
There isn't a long-term durable approach to re-plating any such watch case with a standard yellow gold color. This improper approach that some use to re-plate an item with a gold color is an electro-chemical process and simply isn't durable enough for standard use. It'll look good for a few weeks and then it begins to look worn and quite ugly. I don't offer this yellow gold plating service as it can cause more harm than help.
The only long term durable approach to re-plating any base metal case (brass foundation) is through rhodium plating. This procedure results in a beautiful appearance with the watch cases final color and sheen being similar to silver, white gold or platinum and not yellow-gold in color. This process requires hand preparation, double copper plating and then a double rhodium plating. To restore your case to look new again begins at $200. This accounts for the extremely high price of rhodium ($1650 /oz.) and the many hours of labor involved.
Please examine the before and after photos and expect your worn case to turn out as beautiful as this one did. Normally, most of the rhodium plating case restorations that I do are for families that have a WWII serviceman's wrist watch made by Elgin, Hamilton and Waltham yet many other watches will benefit from this case restoration process. Send along a detailed description of your watch and a digital photo if possible and I'll be glad to determine suitability and an estimated cost of this spectacular case restoration service.
POCKETWATCHES: The pocket watches that I will consider for restoration are the factories of : Ball, Columbus Watch Company, Elgin, Hamilton, Hampden, E. Howard, Howard Watch Co., Illinois, Peoria Watch co., Rockford, Seth Thomas, South Bend, United States Watch Co., U.S. Watch Co., and Waltham.
Other watches we would be interested in repairing:
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Fitchburg Watch bo. James & Henry Pitkin Herman Vod der Heydt Aurora Watch Co. Illinois Watch Co. W.E. Harper Waterbury Thomas Harland Washington Watch Co. Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham Jacob Custer Cornell Watch Co Cheshire Watch Co. Bannatyne Watch Co. Rockford Watch Co. Luther Goddard E.F. Bowman Rock Island Watch Co. J.P.Stevens Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. Benedict & Burham |
Appleton, Tracy & Co. U.S Watch Co. American Repeating Watch Co. Freeport Watch Co. American Waltham B.D. Bingham Ball Watch Co. Watch Co. Trenton Watch do. Independent Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. New England Watch Co., Potter Albert Watch Co. Lancaster Watch Co. Nashua Watch Co. U.S. Watch Co. Western Watch Co. Hamilton Watch Co. Wichita Watch Co. E. Howard and Co. Otay Watch Co. |
National Watch Co. Charles Fasoltd Seth Thomas Watch do. Peoria Watch co Hampden Watch Co. American Waltham Watch Co. Melrose Watch Co. Newark Watch Co. Warren Manufacturing Co. D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co. Manhatten Watch Co. Ingersol New York Watch Co. Mosart Watch Co. Auburndale Watch Co. George Reed Adams & Perry Watch Co. Boston Watch Co. Appleton watch Co. Columbus Watch Co. |
WRISTWATCHES: We will consider for restoration any high grade manual wind, or automatic Swiss watch of 15 jewels or better of the following manufacture:
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Elgin Hayden Benrus Dome Rado Breguet Coronet Nicolet Watch Cornavin Westend Minerva Pronto Wakmann Hilton Patria Corum Monarch Mido Imperial Monte Blancpain Garland Verno Rockford Vacheron Felca Gallet Gubelin Berg Lang Uhr Winton Baylor Condal Juvenia Kingston Ardath Jules Jurgensen Ogival Cyma Electra Delbana P. Garnier Ofair Warwick Harvard LeCoultre Bulova Carlton Tissot Admes Altus Exactus Glashutte Zodiac Longines Alpina Roamer Didisheim Ulysse Nardin Asprey Eberhard Rima Agassiz Standard Rocail Henda Kord Favre Leuba |
Shield Rulon Lucien Piccard Clebar Rembrant Perpetual Watch Co. Weldon Orvin Driva Haste Hampden Vulcain Provita Mar Nicolet Doxa Hermes Daynite Omega Chopard Aristo Pabro Cartier Timecraft Hamilton Olympia Friedli Kelton Rotary Titus Cawford Trebex Uhrenfabrik Glashutte Audax National Evans Ekegren Welsbro Frodsham Benson Helbros Rolls Nicewatch Co. WhiteStar Alsta Turler Opel International Borel Boucheron Lancel Ollendorff Moriva Gruen Harman Goering Louvig Central Hydepark Normandie Certina Alavente Tiffany Lavina Jardur Avalon Hebdomas Hever Van Cleef & Arpels |
Orator Eska LIbela Niton Univer Universal Lemania Watex Hy. Moser & Cie Nivada Sigma Lyceum Lusina Rolex PiagetPreesent Baume & Mercier Sperina Helvetia Levrette Lucerne Girard-Perregaux Kelbert Fairfax Lorton Mt. Vernon Hallmark Tornex-Rayville Harvel Butex Dugena A. Lange & Sohne Buren Illinois Mappin Glycine Guinand P. Buhre Record Yale Enicar Wig Wag Germinal Movado Seth Thomas Orfina Framont Leonidas Perfine Concord Arsa Kent Lip Americus Boulevard Arbi Jaeger Continental Semca Golay Ball Eterna Urania Angelus Faith Dunhill Invicta |
Alton Kelek Louis Autdrist Bueche-Girod Wittnauer Sheffield Montbrilliant Phillepe Watch Co. Eloga Regina Zentra Patek Philippe Breitling Grana J.E. Watch Co. Ebel Weltall Newmark Cortebert Rapid Olma Laco Unitas Smith Emerson Marlys Excelsior Duodial Aramis Beltone LePhare Seeland Huguenin Mars Croton Wyler Arctus Frey Stowa Parker Ace Acro Hafis Tourneau Roxy Fontainemelon Touchon Alpha Zenith Schultz Kurth Crown Tavannes Mimo South Bend Octo Ultimor Audemars Piguet Bovet Geneve Charles Nicolet Harwood Revue Bucherer |
Models of watches that we repair:
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Marshall Annapolis dunkirk Ensign Byrd Yorktown Raleigh Lyle B Golden Tempus Stanford Airflight Pinehurst Allison Whitney Enditcott Dartmouth Norman Dwight Deauville Stormking Airman Cabot Halesworth B Marcus Seaview Blackstone Sentinal B.W. Raymond Arlington Hawthorne Veri-thin Centurion Rolland Fischer Sinclair Croydon Stanford The Governor Perry Andrews Black Star Dante Dewitt Harris Molly Stark Dunhan Sea-crest Edgemere Mount Vernon Carl Glendale Carlisle Derby Dexter Dawson Errol Russell Spencer Myron Grant Glendon Carteret Adjutant Sky Chief Lambert Sloane Pacermatic Blake Conway Chronomatic top hat Chief Eternamatic Brooke Briarcliffe Consul Alan Varsity Medalist Wembley The Athelete Golden Tempus II Thornton Seville Sheldon watson Vincent Oval Sea Ranger Ensign Keane Larchmont Langford Powell Dyson Sea-glo Citadel President Antique Gold knight Raleigh Gary Bradford Holden Dickens Thincraft Portia Cedercrest Chevy Chase Guardsman Sea mate Wilkinson Sherwood Drake Craig West Point Lowell Trooper |
Viking Touraine Milburn Gordon Wilson Guardsman Commodore Ashley Coronado Lakeland Brock First Mate Cranston Sea-cap Dodson Champion Lord Lancaster Blair Senator Sea guard Glenn Winfield Transcontinental A B Clinton Wesleyan Randolph Baronet Beau Brummel Spencer Sinclair Barry Fleetwood Parker B Grafic Deluxe Cambridge Morley Thin-o-matic Masterpiece Boulton Scott Pimlico Rutledge Hartman Aldrich Casino Baxter Edgewater Ramsey Windsor New Yorker Maritza Heyward Chatham Reagan Oakley Flight I Gilman Howard Norfolk Seabrook Clark Gardner Hastings Meadowbrook Lawrence Wakefield Culver Argyle Curtis Gulfport Whitehall Oxford Trudy Spur Ardmore Thinline Courier Staunton Black knight Thor Secron Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights Grenadier Clearview Sawyer Whitman The Chief's Gladstone Doublet Chatham Aqualine Clyde Benton Captain Rice Martin Chapman Monaco Mason Nelson Drew Prescott Vernon Calvin Tildon Attache Adonis Adrian Rodney Piccadilly Glenn Curtis Donald Piping Rock Malcom |
Spur Sea Hawk Aviator Diamond Kinematic Jason Langdon Flight II Dennis Lyndon Gyromatic Donavan Turner Quadron Chadwick Carson Wesley Cross country Chieftan Colby Brandon Radburn Fulton Crusade Norman Stadium Essex Medford Neil stanley Murray Cullen Lakehurst Norton Linden Hall Warwick Paige Samson Majesty Wayne Ambassador Surf Newton Sea Scout Sea Skip Roland Taylor Livingston Lindsay Reardon Carlyle Tempus Ryan Contour Gramercy Cameron Lincrest Ardsley Sea Scape Farrell Marquis strap Aqua Lung Eric Webster ipso-vox Prentice Talbot Todd Newlin Bianca Cadet Pierre Ascot Custer Romanesquen Ross Brent Kensignton Scout Midas Wilshire Barbizon direct read Top Time Corvet Ericsson Emerson Raymon Collegian Peyton Mayfield Bailey Commander Dixon Berkshire Windsor Montclair William Osler Lester Frontenac Cyril Arnold Caroline Sidney Landon Baron Richmond Kinematic Kirby Austin Bartley Greenwich Grover Nightingale |
Wellington Ristflo Lee Manhattan Arlington Sea Breeze Whitford Brockton Bentley Cedric Fleetwood Kirk Huntley Streamlined Sheryll Kenilworth Gallahad Sea Rover Tiger & Lady Elliot Emery Carlton Cordell Gilvert Drexel Jolly Roger Jeffrey Boone Bagley Brewster Andover Avigo Amherst Robert Roberta Foster Judson Dorsey Rutgers Viscount Lance Beldon Yeoman Kevin Curvex Major Blade Darrell Oakmont Sir Echo Lone Eagle Flint Ridge Eaton Sutton Mate Bowman Baton Hudson Norde Yorktown Ward Futura Minu-stop the Curtis Khyber Finalist Langley Boyd Franklion Merritt Putnam Coburn Drummond Keith Sea Cliff Winthrop Top Gun Steeldon Barton Milton Accumatic Orson Garfield Otis Tyron Vardon Bostonian Haddon Bryn Mawr Courtney Cavalier Beau Royal Paxton Hayden Stafford Edgewood Longacre Dean Morton Crispin Linwood Tuxedo Valiant Maxine Secometer Sedgman Boatswain Stuart Ansley Precision Chanticleer Trent Vernon Chesterfield ... |
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