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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Rockford Watch Co. Potter Albert Watch Co. Boston Watch Co. B.D. Bingham National Watch Co. Cheshire Watch Co. Washington Watch Co. Bannatyne Watch Co. American Waltham Watch Co. Trenton Watch do. Nashua Watch Co. Otay Watch Co. W.E. Harper Watch Co. George Reed Benedict & Burham Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham Cornell Watch Co Independent Watch Co. New England Watch Co., South Bend Watch Co. |
Freeport Watch Co. J.P.Stevens Watch Co. Lancaster Watch Co. Appleton watch Co. Peoria Watch co Charles Fasoltd Ball Watch Co. Melrose Watch Co. D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co. James & Henry Pitkin Herman Vod der Heydt Appleton, Tracy & Co. E.F. Bowman Aurora Watch Co. Auburndale Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. Adams & Perry Watch Co. Hampden Watch Co. Hamilton Watch Co. Mosart Watch Co. Wichita Watch Co. |
Ingersol American Repeating Watch Co. Jacob Custer Manhatten Watch Co. Luther Goddard Warren Manufacturing Co. New York Watch Co. U.S. Watch Co. U.S Watch Co. Seth Thomas Watch do. American Waltham Fitchburg Watch bo. Newark Watch Co. Waterbury Western Watch Co. Columbus Watch Co. E. Howard and Co. Illinois Watch Co. Thomas Harland Rock Island 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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Harvard Cortebert Continental Berg Wittnauer Zentra Weldon Buren Kelton Rotary Seeland Asprey Condal Tourneau Hallmark Hampden Marlys Lusina Minerva Standard Levrette Yale Borel Boucheron LeCoultre Warwick Glycine Pronto Rulon Enicar Cartier Clebar Geneve Coronet Hayden Agassiz Arbi Tornex-Rayville PiagetPreesent Ultimor Alavente Lyceum Louis Wig Wag Mars Favre Leuba Mt. Vernon Arctus Frodsham Crown Universal Ofair Patria Jules Jurgensen Hy. Moser & Cie Ogival Alpina Evans Lancel Eska Butex Lang Uhr Girard-Perregaux Ace Acro Uhrenfabrik Glashutte Elgin Opel Baylor Shield |
Regina Bucherer Cornavin Golay Aristo Daynite Sigma Carlton Sheffield Harvel Hydepark Certina Breitling Vulcain Lorton Doxa Excelsior Olma Longines Duodial Haste Niton Ardath Ollendorff Octo J.E. Watch Co. Arsa Driva Altus Baume & Mercier Ekegren Faith Dome Imperial Lip Hafis Smith Glashutte Gubelin Ulysse Nardin Jaeger Lucien Piccard Harwood Juvenia Rembrant Helvetia Pabro Alton Croton Frey Roamer LePhare Van Cleef & Arpels Cawford Orfina Harman Angelus Rolex Omega Admes Audax Alpha Tavannes Benson Watex Kent Lucerne |
Patek Philippe Kelbert Laco Tiffany Wakmann Guinand Didisheim Moriva Eloga Electra Vacheron Olympia Phillepe Watch Co. Dugena Louvig Zodiac Monarch Turler Benrus Unitas Record Audemars Piguet Emerson Rocail Helbros Fairfax Americus Verno Hermes Rima Timecraft Grana Chopard International Concord Ball Trebex Provita Normandie Autdrist Eberhard Zenith LIbela Rockford Henda Westend Stowa A. Lange & Sohne Perfine Nicewatch Co. Hamilton Fontainemelon WhiteStar Nivada Titus Bulova Monte Avalon Aramis Goering Revue Beltone Parker Mar Nicolet Mimo Rapid |
Garland Eterna Mappin Univer Friedli Weltall Breguet Lemania Charles Nicolet Huguenin Alsta Newmark Jardur Montbrilliant Lavina Tissot Gallet Felca Mido Delbana P. Buhre Corum National Invicta Seth Thomas Urania Leonidas Kingston Central Framont Boulevard Rolls P. Garnier Hilton Exactus Nicolet Watch Winton Hever Orvin Rado Orator Hebdomas Semca Wyler Blancpain Bueche-Girod Dunhill Gruen Kord Welsbro South Bend Bovet Movado Roxy Schultz Sperina Illinois Touchon Kelek Cyma Kurth Ebel Perpetual Watch Co. Germinal |
Models of watches that we repair:
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Molly Stark Edgewood Lord Lancaster Gilman Norman The Governor Stuart Linwood Grover Sentinal Spur Courtney Minu-stop Lone Eagle Brock Greenwich Steeldon Bostonian Wesleyan Gold knight Courier Glendale Black knight Holden Wakefield Medalist Wembley Jason Garfield Thor Dexter Bagley First Mate Rutledge Cordell Guardsman Cedercrest Chevy Chase Warwick Reagan Clinton Blade Seaview Chieftan Frontenac Boulton Oval Derby Aqualine Airman Centurion Bentley Winthrop Ascot Neil Glendon the Curtis Errol Bryn Mawr Pimlico Viscount Staunton Samson Ericsson Emerson dunkirk Commander Keane Vernon Whitney Scott Rutgers Lakehurst Edgemere Jolly Roger Allison Crusade Thin-o-matic Masterpiece Brent Monaco Larchmont Stadium Valiant Huntley Ward Ryan Secometer Sedgman Grant Croydon Radburn Powell Casino Hastings direct read Norde Dixon Robert Roberta Nelson Norton Trent Cross country Finalist Hudson Cabot Donavan Sheryll Baxter Orson Whitehall Sutton Edgewater Argyle Harris Tempus |
Consul Thinline Sea Cliff Gardner Carlisle Raleigh Kirk Dorsey Chatham Baronet Beau Brummel Bradford Spencer Gary Eric Seabrook Sea Rover Oakley Carteret Stanford Arlington Hawthorne Chief Top Time Kensignton New Yorker The Chief's Hartman Flint Ridge Carl Caroline Avigo Windsor Craig Bailey Prentice West Point Bartley Midas Portia Chadwick Grenadier Webster Benton Clyde Drexel Diamond Transcontinental A B Jeffrey Baton Merritt Marshall Golden Tempus II Curvex Mount Vernon Putnam Fleetwood Drew Barbizon Keith Commodore Dyson Dwight Eternamatic Murray Chapman Beldon Howard Chronomatic top hat Airflight Carlyle Lowell Sea Hawk Major Trooper Manhattan Ristflo Grafic Deluxe Sir Echo Dennis Streamlined Newlin Vincent Futura Elliot Emery Sky Chief Talbot Cedric Ramsey Fleetwood Aviator Wilkinson Mason Livingston Essex Captain Rice Lyndon Lakeland Sea Scout Sea Skip Romanesquen Ross Khyber Quadron Montclair Andrews Drake Mayfield Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights Pierre Cambridge Morton Piccadilly Dartmouth |
Wesley Berkshire Sawyer Conway Darrell Eaton Trudy Spur Langdon stanley Yeoman Ardsley Cavalier B.W. Raymond Paige Ashley Sea Ranger Milburn Gordon Pacermatic Touraine Brockton Ensign Boatswain Dodson Doublet Yorktown Mate Sea-glo Lee Malcom Champion Dunhan Chatham Blackstone Cranston Baron Linden Hall Gulfport Roland Kevin Gilvert Rodney Culver Lawrence Sea Breeze Thincraft Norman Winfield Yorktown Rolland Fischer Oakmont Taylor Crispin Dante The Athelete Gyromatic Enditcott Tyron Vardon Adrian Top Gun Foster Franklion Alan Lincrest Corvet Thornton Senator ipso-vox Paxton Whitman Halesworth B Norfolk Aldrich Andover Tiger & Lady Peyton Medford Barry Oxford Whitford Precision Myron Gramercy Sea Scape Spencer Boone Randolph Attache Kinematic Blake Viking Nightingale Guardsman Carson Sea-cap Flight I Marquis strap Sea mate Adonis Turner Raymon Cameron Coburn Perry Martin Deauville Raleigh Arlington Kinematic Kirby Hayden |
Stafford Wellington Sinclair Ensign Blair Chanticleer Milton Drummond Wilshire William Osler Pinehurst Heyward Parker B Langley Cadet Byrd Amherst Sloane Gladstone Flight II President Antique Glenn Curtis Tildon Cullen Arnold Sinclair Lyle B Windsor Bianca Chesterfield Newton Briarcliffe Maxine Marcus Aqua Lung Otis Dickens Wilson Sea-crest Collegian Maritza Boyd Lance Wayne Colby watson Glenn Brooke Richmond Stanford Ambassador Lester Reardon Seville Sheldon Brandon Dawson Langford Sherwood Stormking Veri-thin Cyril Clark Accumatic Annapolis Curtis Ardmore Morley Lindsay Vernon Surf Landon Brewster Coronado Carlton Custer Secron Adjutant Lambert Judson Donald Longacre Clearview Barton Black Star Farrell Sea guard Citadel Bowman Golden Tempus Kenilworth Gallahad Beau Royal Majesty Russell Austin Sidney Varsity Scout Dean Prescott Ansley Tuxedo Contour Todd Haddon Piping Rock Fulton Dewitt Calvin Meadowbrook ... |
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