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Antique Swiss and American mechanical watch repair specialists since 1987


Thank you for visiting my vintage and antique watch repair site. Most visitors are here because they own an heirloom "family watch" and want to learn more about it's potential of being serviced and repaired. Most inherited mechanical watches were made in an era where the science of perfecting dependable timekeeping forced industry competition. The resulting jeweled watches are amazing and comparable to any science achievement in man's history. I encourage you to click through my antique watch repair site and learn more about my guaranteed mechanical watch services and welcome you to contact me.




I supply both watch parts to the watchmaker AND watch restoration services. Please read my website and contact me with any questions.

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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:
Appleton, Tracy & Co.
E.F. Bowman
Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham
Adams & Perry Watch Co.
Ingersol
Hamilton Watch Co.
Herman Vod der Heydt
James & Henry Pitkin
American Waltham Watch Co.
American Repeating Watch Co.
New England Watch Co.,
Cheshire Watch Co.
Warren Manufacturing Co.
Wichita Watch Co.
J.P.Stevens Watch Co.
D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co.
Auburndale Watch Co.
Potter Albert Watch Co.
Manhatten Watch Co.
Independent Watch Co.
Ball Watch Co.
Boston Watch Co.
Rockford Watch Co.
National Watch Co.
Lancaster Watch Co.
Western Watch Co.
U.S Watch Co.
Watch Co.
B.D. Bingham
Newark Watch Co.
South Bend Watch Co.
Cornell Watch Co
Otay Watch Co.
New York Watch Co.
Freeport Watch Co.
Columbus Watch Co.
Peoria Watch co
Bannatyne Watch Co.
Fitchburg Watch bo.
Jacob Custer
U.S. Watch Co.
Rock Island Watch Co.
W.E. Harper
Trenton Watch do.
Melrose Watch Co.
Appleton watch Co.
Washington Watch Co.
Charles Fasoltd
Hampden Watch Co.
Benedict & Burham
George Reed
E. Howard and Co.
Seth Thomas Watch do.
Thomas Harland
Illinois Watch Co.
Waterbury
Aurora Watch Co.
South Bend Watch Co.
Luther Goddard
Mosart Watch Co.
American Waltham
Nashua 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:
Lorton
Illinois
Jaeger
P. Buhre
Laco
Omega
Cyma
Huguenin
Provita
Lyceum
Framont
Evans
Fontainemelon
National
Rapid
Mido
Imperial
Lip
Zenith
Continental
Hallmark
Seth Thomas
Beltone
Admes
Timecraft
Alton
Baume & Mercier
Unitas
Glycine
Nicolet Watch
Alpina
Gubelin
Rulon
Autdrist
Orfina
Hever
Niton
Sigma
Lancel
Hafis
Rima
Harvel
Zentra
Ollendorff
P. Garnier
Faith
Doxa
Eloga
Emerson
Longines
Hamilton
Altus
Boulevard
Kurth
Clebar
Berg
Olympia
Harman
Tiffany
Excelsior
Pabro
Crown
Hydepark
Aramis
Americus
Ofair
WhiteStar
Certina
Octo
Newmark
Frodsham
Driva
Exactus
Alavente
Cawford
Kelton
Ulysse Nardin
Enicar
Mappin
Central
Nicewatch Co.
Verno
Cortebert
Grana
Baylor
Kent
Westend
LIbela
Orvin
Univer
Welsbro
Seeland
Wyler
Didisheim
Van Cleef & Arpels
Girard-Perregaux
Zodiac
Warwick
Ebel
Jardur
Hebdomas
Regina
Buren
Harwood
Bulova
Yale
Carlton
Lavina
Mars
Audemars Piguet
Gallet
Elgin
Borel Boucheron
Winton
Tissot
Record
Roxy
Tornex-Rayville
Lucien Piccard
Arbi
Hy. Moser & Cie
Minerva
Wittnauer
Pronto
Jules Jurgensen
Tourneau
Germinal
Charles Nicolet
Arsa
Delbana
Schultz
Breitling
Leonidas
PiagetPreesent
Helbros
Louis
Stowa
Geneve
Lusina
Rolex
Sperina
Electra
Coronet
Bucherer
Aristo
Monte
Olma
Eberhard
Nivada
Phillepe Watch Co.
Breguet
Invicta
Alpha
Dunhill
Hilton
Kelbert
Eska
Opel
Lemania
Glashutte
Perpetual Watch Co.
Bueche-Girod
Normandie
Titus
Semca
Bovet
Ultimor
Patek Philippe
Arctus
Ardath
Louvig
Dugena
Rembrant
Golay
Harvard
Croton
J.E. Watch Co.
Montbrilliant
Butex
Weltall
Movado
Angelus
Watex
Urania
Condal
Marlys
Dome
Smith
Standard
Patria
Guinand
Favre Leuba
Hayden
Gruen
Alsta
Concord
Cornavin
Rolls
International
Kord
Audax
Mar Nicolet
Goering
Wig Wag
Mt. Vernon
Monarch
Benrus
Duodial
Wakmann
Vacheron
Blancpain
Hampden
Tavannes
Parker
Trebex
Orator
Shield
Fairfax
Haste
Chopard
Levrette
Garland
Daynite
Kelek
Weldon
Kingston
Revue
Juvenia
LePhare
Perfine
Turler
Asprey
Ace Acro
Eterna
Ekegren
Uhrenfabrik Glashutte
Rocail
Ball
Rockford
Rado
Friedli
Agassiz
Lucerne
Vulcain
LeCoultre
Rotary
Lang Uhr
Moriva
Hermes
Avalon
Mimo
Helvetia
Roamer
Sheffield
A. Lange & Sohne
Touchon
Henda
Universal
South Bend
Felca
Ogival
Benson
Cartier
Corum
Frey


Models of watches that we repair:
Aldrich
Samson
Murray
Avigo
Mount Vernon
Caroline
Norman
Kinematic
Bianca
Stanford
Dante
Thinline
Berkshire
Carlyle
Grafic Deluxe
Centurion
Manhattan
Dean
Wilkinson
Transcontinental A B
ipso-vox
Taylor
Parker B
Drummond
Barry
Baxter
Keane
Captain Rice
Darrell
Commodore
Staunton
Tildon
Hartman
Pinehurst
Cameron
Turner
Huntley
Brent
Seaview
Richmond
Flint Ridge
Glenn Curtis
Chief
Gordon
Lyle B
Livingston
Guardsman
Wesleyan
Consul
Chieftan
Sea mate
Lakehurst
Perry
Monaco
Cullen
Crusade
Mate
Gilman
Sky Chief
Ericsson Emerson
Orson
Bowman
Boatswain
Ristflo
Sea-cap
Kevin
Yorktown
Corvet
Langdon
Spencer
Dartmouth
Chatham
Cadet
Sea Cliff
Adonis
Ward
Kensignton
Larchmont
Grant
Essex
Futura
Wilshire
Veri-thin
Blake
Webster
Varsity
Carson
Baronet Beau Brummel
Morley
Norton
Talbot
Langley
Chapman
Brock
Cyril
Sea Scape
Brewster
Raymon
Prescott
Molly Stark
Cordell
Pierre
dunkirk
Vernon
Collegian
Drake
Randolph
Wakefield
Commander
Oxford
Martin
Brandon
Rutledge
Whitehall
Pacermatic
Thincraft
Fulton
Trooper
Lambert
watson
Amherst
Scout
Bartley
Allison
Grover
Sinclair
Brooke
Mason
Viking
Majesty
Holden
Peyton
West Point
Golden Tempus
direct read
Sheryll
Ambassador
Cedric
Byrd
First Mate
Trudy Spur
Milburn
Montclair
Scott
Landon
Finalist
Powell
Tuxedo
Piping Rock
Norman
Casino
Maxine
Yeoman
Edgewater
Farrell
Brockton
Airman
Chadwick
Stanford
Spur
Reagan
Dickens
Neil
Todd
Briarcliffe
Grenadier
Heyward
Vincent
Putnam
Gold knight
Thor
Tyron Vardon
Otis
Lawrence
Windsor
Meadowbrook
Edgemere
Thin-o-matic Masterpiece
Raleigh
Black knight
Paige
Sea Scout Sea Skip
Sea-glo
Lester
Wilson
Sir Echo
Blackstone
Carlisle
Nightingale
Adjutant
Oval
Valiant
Thornton
Oakley
Cavalier
President Antique
Ardsley
Linwood
Flight II
Croydon
Sidney
Diamond
Benton
Judson
Lance
William Osler
Reardon
stanley
Gyromatic
Whitman
Champion
Sea Ranger
Drexel
Precision
Coronado
Medalist Wembley
Edgewood
Newlin
Milton
Lord Lancaster
Secometer Sedgman
Paxton
Black Star
Beau Royal
Blade
Roland
Newton
Hastings
Dixon
Dennis
Khyber
Airflight
Eric
Gramercy
Clark
Vernon
Culver
Cranston
Piccadilly
Lyndon
Norde
Ardmore
Merritt
Accumatic
Flight I
Clearview
Ramsey
Rolland Fischer
Steeldon
Golden Tempus II
Sherwood
Marquis strap
Custer
Marshall
Oakmont
Gary
Robert Roberta
Warwick
Courtney
Dorsey
Drew
Secron
Calvin
Contour
Glendale
Prentice
Winthrop
Attache
Ryan
Boone
Carlton
Carteret
Bryn Mawr
Cabot
Fleetwood
Rutgers
Boulton
Howard
Myron
Gulfport
Craig
Quadron
Gardner
Sawyer
Frontenac
Gilvert
Haddon
Stormking
Kenilworth Gallahad
Lowell
Sea Breeze
Nelson
Aviator
Beldon
Derby
Donavan
Lakeland
Bostonian
Curtis
Raleigh
Wesley
Romanesquen Ross
Eternamatic
Surf
Austin
Baron
Doublet
Radburn
Boyd
Blair
Enditcott
Glenn
Clinton
Morton
Pimlico
Seabrook
Aqualine
Cross country
Jason
Chesterfield
Carl
Viscount
Lone Eagle
Rodney
Glendon
Major
Ensign
Arnold
Ascot
Andrews
Bagley
Streamlined
Seville Sheldon
Mayfield
Deauville
Medford
Sloane
Clyde
Greenwich
Guardsman
Lincrest
Fleetwood
Chanticleer
Malcom
Bradford
Sutton
the Curtis
Aqua Lung
Ashley
Eaton
Keith
Adrian
Top Gun
Lee
Bentley
Trent
The Athelete
Whitford
Sea Rover
Hudson
Spencer
Tempus
Halesworth B
Alan
The Chief's
Stadium
Sea Hawk
Sentinal
Dunhan
Harris
Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights
Portia
Chatham
Jolly Roger
Sea-crest
Barton
New Yorker
Cambridge
Marcus
Coburn
Annapolis
Touraine
Donald
Argyle
Yorktown
Dawson
Senator
Dewitt
Midas
Curvex
Whitney
Wellington
Russell
Wayne
Maritza
Minu-stop
Kinematic Kirby
Citadel
Ansley
Jeffrey
Franklion
Windsor
Langford
Sea guard
Dwight
Dexter
Dyson
Colby
Norfolk
Bailey
Kirk
Top Time
Linden Hall
Tiger & Lady
Barbizon
Winfield
Arlington Hawthorne
Cedercrest Chevy Chase
Hayden
Andover
Ensign
B.W. Raymond
Courier
Conway
Elliot Emery
Chronomatic top hat
Gladstone
Dodson
Longacre
Errol
Sinclair
The Governor
Crispin
Stuart
Lindsay
Stafford
Garfield
Foster
Baton
Arlington
...


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