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