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