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