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