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