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:
Fitchburg Watch bo. W.E. Harper U.S. Watch Co. D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co. Independent Watch Co. Trenton Watch do. Rockford Watch Co. New England Watch Co., American Repeating Watch Co. Hamilton Watch Co. Waterbury Mosart Watch Co. Cornell Watch Co American Waltham Watch Co. Benedict & Burham Rock Island Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. Watch Co. Wichita Watch Co. Appleton watch Co. Washington Watch Co. |
Illinois Watch Co. Adams & Perry Watch Co. Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham James & Henry Pitkin Nashua Watch Co. J.P.Stevens Watch Co. Appleton, Tracy & Co. Luther Goddard E. Howard and Co. Ingersol Otay Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. George Reed Cheshire Watch Co. Thomas Harland E.F. Bowman Manhatten Watch Co. Bannatyne Watch Co. Herman Vod der Heydt Charles Fasoltd Aurora Watch Co. |
U.S Watch Co. Lancaster Watch Co. Western Watch Co. Columbus Watch Co. Warren Manufacturing Co. Seth Thomas Watch do. Peoria Watch co Newark Watch Co. Auburndale Watch Co. Ball Watch Co. Freeport Watch Co. National Watch Co. Hampden Watch Co. Boston Watch Co. Potter Albert Watch Co. Melrose Watch Co. American Waltham B.D. Bingham New York Watch Co. Jacob Custer |
WRISTWATCHES: We will consider for restoration any high grade manual wind, or automatic Swiss watch of 15 jewels or better of the following manufacture:
Glashutte Rockford Harman Jardur Kurth Ofair Eberhard Roamer Wig Wag Friedli Driva Weltall Smith Frey Hayden Laco Coronet Didisheim Timecraft J.E. Watch Co. Central Olympia Opel Fairfax Hermes Trebex Standard Univer Hampden Gallet Rolex Borel Boucheron Tourneau Eloga Vulcain Mar Nicolet Mimo Rima Lang Uhr Benrus Harvard Louvig Harvel Winton Sigma Baume & Mercier Ardath Tissot Monte Sheffield Uhrenfabrik Glashutte Zentra Kelek Gubelin Yale Audax Duodial Frodsham Hallmark Rocail Wyler Record Parker Crown Blancpain Cornavin Warwick Cyma |
Olma Octo A. Lange & Sohne Tavannes Kelton Bueche-Girod Agassiz Wittnauer Buren Rulon Hamilton Chopard Dunhill Clebar Rembrant Henda Butex Daynite Semca Goering Lucien Piccard Excelsior Sperina Urania Haste Lusina Baylor Hebdomas Lyceum Eska Framont Altus Hilton Lip Mars Nicolet Watch Aristo Hever Longines WhiteStar Beltone Ekegren Titus Audemars Piguet Ebel Schultz Felca LIbela Germinal Movado Emerson Arctus Evans Shield Louis Garland Bucherer Cartier Perpetual Watch Co. Tornex-Rayville Guinand Cawford Grana Avalon Leonidas Omega Angelus |
Lorton Turler P. Garnier Cortebert Regina Certina Huguenin Breguet Breitling Lemania Favre Leuba South Bend Marlys Stowa Condal Revue Charles Nicolet Americus Touchon International Nicewatch Co. Boulevard P. Buhre National Ogival Westend Pabro Helvetia Jaeger Mappin Wakmann Golay Bovet Ollendorff Provita Illinois Seth Thomas Montbrilliant Glycine Lucerne Orator Ace Acro Newmark Mt. Vernon Alavente Tiffany LeCoultre Kingston Ultimor Rado Phillepe Watch Co. Niton Autdrist Asprey Arsa Orfina Enicar Alsta Fontainemelon Van Cleef & Arpels Watex Aramis Pronto Juvenia Corum Lavina |
Rapid Elgin Helbros PiagetPreesent Mido Roxy Jules Jurgensen Alpha Lancel Hydepark Seeland Monarch Exactus Normandie Harwood Vacheron Patek Philippe Rotary Kord Delbana Girard-Perregaux Electra Weldon Ball Levrette Dome Welsbro Doxa Zenith Nivada Dugena Unitas Rolls Kent Benson Zodiac Kelbert Imperial Ulysse Nardin Arbi Berg Patria Moriva LePhare Admes Perfine Universal Faith Carlton Alpina Minerva Geneve Invicta Concord Alton Eterna Hafis Verno Hy. Moser & Cie Gruen Continental Bulova Croton Orvin |
Models of watches that we repair:
Touraine Linden Hall Piccadilly Senator Blade Oakmont Commodore Grant Linwood Adrian Casino Whitehall West Point Sea Cliff Grover Colby Edgewood The Athelete Fleetwood Winfield Surf Yorktown Fleetwood Hayden Beau Royal Secron Custer Blake Rolland Fischer Milton Marshall Beldon Futura Paige Halesworth B Ardmore Courtney Bradford Precision Langdon Taylor Attache Dartmouth Captain Rice Oval Chief Arlington Randolph Donald Meadowbrook Trooper Glendon Sir Echo Top Gun Steeldon Darrell Cordell Andrews Pinehurst Drummond Raleigh Dixon Hartman Stanford Haddon Essex Gardner Foster Winthrop Peyton Brooke Lee Whitney Finalist Sky Chief Ristflo Parker B Murray Midas Lyndon Sea-cap Chanticleer dunkirk Reardon Gilman Sidney Cameron Lakeland Lord Lancaster Chesterfield Talbot Holden Cullen Rutgers Thinline Calvin Dwight Nelson Pimlico Baron Carteret Valiant Merritt Wilkinson Chronomatic top hat Scout Windsor Heyward Hastings Reagan Jeffrey |
Morley Farrell Black Star Errol Jason Chatham Vernon Sentinal Baronet Beau Brummel Baxter Norde Barbizon Carlisle Alan Argyle Amherst Radburn Boone Dyson Cyril Aqualine Portia Lindsay President Antique Cavalier Paxton Kinematic Contour Ericsson Emerson Norman Fulton Stormking Whitman Thincraft Roland Kensignton Consul Chieftan Top Time Larchmont Frontenac Centurion Lakehurst Doublet Annapolis Airflight Cranston Stuart Clinton Staunton Arlington Hawthorne Sea Scout Sea Skip Cambridge Otis Aviator Austin Sutton Orson Courier Medalist Wembley Chadwick Spencer Golden Tempus II Kenilworth Gallahad Livingston Sea Ranger Ryan Milburn Bailey Monaco Adonis Raleigh Blackstone ipso-vox Grafic Deluxe Varsity Allison Gramercy The Chief's Tuxedo Wellington Hudson Ensign Craig Ramsey Elliot Emery Sea-glo Manhattan Seaview Collegian Carlton Nightingale Turner Chatham Warwick Clyde Diamond Prescott Veri-thin Yeoman Aqua Lung Gladstone Mayfield Martin Powell Windsor Medford Clark Lyle B Benton |
Corvet Norton Barton Champion Dickens Andover Cabot Glenn Conway Adjutant Stafford Dexter Cross country Curtis Edgemere direct read Ward Lance the Curtis Gulfport Vincent Wakefield Wesley Marcus Blair Sinclair Trent Dorsey Thin-o-matic Masterpiece Montclair Eric Ansley Franklion Boyd Keith Bartley The Governor Drew Bryn Mawr Vernon Guardsman Richmond Romanesquen Ross Jolly Roger Whitford Flight II Lawrence Dean Stanford Deauville B.W. Raymond Curvex Bowman Ensign Sheryll Maritza Brockton Wilson Landon Raymon Lowell Cadet Sea mate Tempus First Mate Crispin Glendale Sawyer Commander Robert Roberta Greenwich Quadron Sea Breeze Guardsman Gilvert Howard Bostonian Russell Carson Kevin Khyber Barry Donavan Pacermatic Kinematic Kirby Sea Hawk Dunhan Viking Clearview Brandon Black knight Eternamatic Newton stanley Tyron Vardon Piping Rock Rodney watson Lincrest Garfield Spencer Boatswain Seabrook Briarcliffe Neil Wesleyan Eaton Rutledge Langford Brock |
Lester Coburn Newlin Judson Prentice Baton Sinclair Putnam Glenn Curtis Sea guard Derby Bentley New Yorker Drexel Thornton Streamlined Stadium William Osler Grenadier Boulton Wilshire Flight I Dante Coronado Croydon Sea Scape Gary Seville Sheldon Yorktown Mate Viscount Enditcott Cedercrest Chevy Chase Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights Myron Scott Dennis Samson Oakley Caroline Lambert Marquis strap Sea Rover Ascot Dewitt Trudy Spur Ambassador Perry Culver Pierre Morton Todd Aldrich Spur Mount Vernon Harris Tildon Brewster Oxford Airman Flint Ridge Keane Dodson Minu-stop Chapman Majesty Arnold Carlyle Tiger & Lady Accumatic Kirk Brent Transcontinental A B Sherwood Major Cedric Dawson Gyromatic Citadel Wayne Edgewater Secometer Sedgman Langley Gordon Norfolk Malcom Webster Ashley Huntley Carl Byrd Sea-crest Thor Lone Eagle Molly Stark Berkshire Drake Longacre Norman Ardsley Crusade Maxine Sloane Gold knight Golden Tempus Avigo Mason Bianca Bagley ... |
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