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


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


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