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