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