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