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Antique Swiss and American mechanical watch repair specialists since 1987


Thank you for visiting my vintage and antique watch repair site. Most visitors are here because they own an heirloom "family watch" and want to learn more about it's potential of being serviced and repaired. Most inherited mechanical watches were made in an era where the science of perfecting dependable timekeeping forced industry competition. The resulting jeweled watches are amazing and comparable to any science achievement in man's history. I encourage you to click through my antique watch repair site and learn more about my guaranteed mechanical watch services and welcome you to contact me.




I supply both watch parts to the watchmaker AND watch restoration services. Please read my website and contact me with any questions.

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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:
Ingersol
Warren Manufacturing Co.
Ball Watch Co.
Illinois Watch Co.
Manhatten Watch Co.
Jacob Custer
Rock Island Watch Co.
Newark Watch Co.
American Repeating Watch Co.
Benedict & Burham
Appleton, Tracy & Co.
Thomas Harland
B.D. Bingham
Cornell Watch Co
Hamilton Watch Co.
Fitchburg Watch bo.
W.E. Harper
New York Watch Co.
Bannatyne Watch Co.
Watch Co.
Seth Thomas Watch do.
Potter Albert Watch Co.
South Bend Watch Co.
Cheshire Watch Co.
U.S. Watch Co.
Rockford Watch Co.
Hampden Watch Co.
American Waltham Watch Co.
South Bend Watch Co.
Freeport Watch Co.
Wichita Watch Co.
Melrose Watch Co.
Mosart Watch Co.
Waterbury
J.P.Stevens Watch Co.
Auburndale Watch Co.
Western Watch Co.
E. Howard and Co.
Peoria Watch co
Otay Watch Co.
Boston Watch Co.
Nashua Watch Co.
U.S Watch Co.
Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham
James & Henry Pitkin
Charles Fasoltd
American Waltham
E.F. Bowman
Luther Goddard
Trenton Watch do.
D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co.
Independent Watch Co.
Appleton watch Co.
Columbus Watch Co.
New England Watch Co.,
George Reed
Adams & Perry Watch Co.
Aurora Watch Co.
National Watch Co.
Washington Watch Co.
Lancaster Watch Co.
Herman Vod der Heydt


WRISTWATCHES: We will consider for restoration any high grade manual wind, or automatic Swiss watch of 15 jewels or better of the following manufacture:
Hydepark
Provita
Welsbro
Baylor
Hilton
Sigma
Ulysse Nardin
Rockford
Faith
Hayden
Orator
Yale
Uhrenfabrik Glashutte
Kingston
Vacheron
LIbela
Westend
Olympia
Breguet
Emerson
Hermes
Bucherer
Ebel
Hever
Moriva
Grana
Charles Nicolet
Rima
Fontainemelon
Eberhard
Concord
Roxy
Audax
Electra
Fairfax
Minerva
Regina
Guinand
Crown
Didisheim
Gubelin
Jardur
Wyler
Certina
Universal
Wig Wag
Dome
Seeland
Trebex
Rado
WhiteStar
Ollendorff
Cortebert
Geneve
Jules Jurgensen
Doxa
Gallet
Wittnauer
Driva
Unitas
Tavannes
Kurth
Bovet
Rapid
P. Buhre
Ekegren
Ultimor
Agassiz
Louis
Clebar
A. Lange & Sohne
Central
Dunhill
Pabro
Verno
LeCoultre
Ogival
P. Garnier
Levrette
Kelton
Warwick
Zenith
Phillepe Watch Co.
Dugena
Arbi
Cartier
Sperina
Berg
Rolls
Montbrilliant
Mappin
Aramis
Winton
Hy. Moser & Cie
Parker
Kelbert
Framont
Cawford
Avalon
Frodsham
Jaeger
Angelus
Nivada
Ball
Arctus
Breitling
Urania
Semca
Duodial
Mimo
Rotary
Alpina
Corum
Mar Nicolet
Carlton
Mars
Hampden
Eterna
Haste
Baume & Mercier
Turler
Seth Thomas
Wakmann
Asprey
Patria
Omega
Illinois
Tissot
Enicar
Perfine
Eska
Condal
Alavente
Tiffany
Orvin
Pronto
Lorton
Arsa
Daynite
Hafis
Harvard
Ofair
Nicolet Watch
Rolex
Felca
Touchon
Tourneau
Niton
Lusina
Germinal
Benrus
Excelsior
Univer
Golay
Beltone
Frey
Lemania
Revue
Rulon
Rembrant
Helvetia
Weltall
Goering
Autdrist
Monte
Lancel
Hamilton
Roamer
Altus
Opel
Hallmark
Bueche-Girod
Juvenia
Buren
Huguenin
Weldon
Rocail
Croton
Stowa
Standard
Evans
Lucerne
Invicta
Smith
Longines
Elgin
Cornavin
Audemars Piguet
Lyceum
Helbros
Lip
National
Movado
Watex
Exactus
Lucien Piccard
Schultz
Glycine
Tornex-Rayville
Harwood
Admes
LePhare
Henda
Coronet
Hebdomas
Louvig
Zodiac
Newmark
South Bend
Timecraft
Blancpain
Record
Harman
Orfina
Sheffield
Cyma
Favre Leuba
International
Leonidas
Alsta
Chopard
Borel Boucheron
Mido
Titus
Mt. Vernon
Patek Philippe
Alpha
Kent
Perpetual Watch Co.
Glashutte
Ardath
Delbana
Aristo
Vulcain
Girard-Perregaux
Garland
Shield
Continental
Kord
Lavina
Lang Uhr
Benson
Van Cleef & Arpels
Gruen
Eloga
Boulevard
Olma
Monarch
Friedli
Ace Acro
Nicewatch Co.
Butex
Octo
Americus
Kelek
Zentra
Alton
PiagetPreesent
Imperial
Laco
Harvel
Bulova
Normandie
Marlys
J.E. Watch Co.


Models of watches that we repair:
Gordon
Mason
Lester
Chatham
Brewster
Bryn Mawr
Andover
Grafic Deluxe
Sea-glo
Farrell
Drake
Calvin
Manhattan
Donavan
Carlton
Carteret
Quadron
Baronet Beau Brummel
the Curtis
Cameron
Lyndon
Paige
President Antique
Bailey
Allison
Bianca
Minu-stop
Russell
Portia
Larchmont
Sea-crest
Monaco
Seaview
Sky Chief
Golden Tempus II
Sentinal
Otis
Ramsey
Dawson
Sinclair
Sawyer
The Governor
Piccadilly
Reagan
Gary
Wellington
Merritt
Livingston
Taylor
Drew
Collegian
Seville Sheldon
Frontenac
Chronomatic top hat
Rutgers
Clyde
Pimlico
Chieftan
Veri-thin
Stuart
Baxter
Streamlined
Grenadier
Sir Echo
The Athelete
Valiant
Ericsson Emerson
Crusade
Andrews
Whitehall
Pacermatic
Eric
Randolph
Casino
Amherst
Lord Lancaster
Longacre
Milburn
Hayden
Yorktown
Transcontinental A B
Chapman
Austin
Rutledge
First Mate
Steeldon
Khyber
Dennis
Corvet
Blake
Tyron Vardon
Sea Breeze
Ardsley
Richmond
Spur
Black knight
Alan
Todd
Judson
Brockton
Lakeland
Oakmont
Oakley
Berkshire
Pierre
Cordell
Dwight
Barton
Varsity
Cyril
Ensign
direct read
Barry
Flint Ridge
Cavalier
Sea mate
Boyd
Gulfport
Kinematic
Edgewood
Glenn Curtis
Hartman
Marshall
Guardsman
Secometer Sedgman
Kevin
Edgewater
William Osler
Gold knight
Boulton
Wesleyan
Raleigh
Thin-o-matic Masterpiece
Ward
Finalist
Piping Rock
Prescott
Top Gun
Cullen
Boone
Sherwood
Garfield
Midas
Bartley
Centurion
Scott
Blair
Enditcott
Dexter
Clark
Mate
Radburn
Carson
Aldrich
Ascot
Captain Rice
Haddon
Murray
Clearview
Secron
Lakehurst
Baton
Nightingale
Glendale
Norman
Dewitt
Malcom
Yorktown
Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights
Fleetwood
Orson
Langford
Beau Royal
Pinehurst
Vernon
Winfield
Darrell
Dunhan
Keane
Stormking
Tuxedo
Windsor
Wayne
Eaton
Gramercy
Molly Stark
Gladstone
Chief
Rodney
Wesley
Chatham
Brock
Raleigh
Curtis
Chanticleer
Edgemere
Maritza
Bradford
Sea Rover
Aqualine
Baron
Ristflo
Talbot
Gilman
Spencer
Keith
Precision
Robert Roberta
Courier
Commander
Dean
Milton
Gyromatic
Flight I
Bagley
Linden Hall
Neil
Martin
Chadwick
Custer
Morton
Dyson
Halesworth B
Hastings
Coburn
Linwood
Briarcliffe
Montclair
Avigo
Blade
stanley
Morley
Guardsman
Stafford
Craig
Ensign
Landon
Norfolk
Essex
Vincent
Wilshire
Dorsey
Consul
Foster
Carlyle
Thincraft
Aviator
Dodson
Stadium
Ardmore
Kenilworth Gallahad
Crispin
Vernon
Sea Ranger
Maxine
Warwick
Conway
Seabrook
Sea Cliff
Errol
Golden Tempus
Scout
Carlisle
Airflight
Meadowbrook
Benton
Fulton
Drexel
Lee
Ryan
Windsor
Adonis
Norman
Diamond
Langdon
Senator
Annapolis
Champion
dunkirk
Arlington Hawthorne
Jolly Roger
Romanesquen Ross
Dartmouth
Cedercrest Chevy Chase
Sea Scout Sea Skip
Lowell
Barbizon
Arnold
Brooke
Cedric
Heyward
Sloane
Medford
Mount Vernon
Clinton
Thor
Marcus
Attache
Gilvert
Huntley
Thinline
Winthrop
Glendon
Cross country
Croydon
Touraine
Commodore
Greenwich
Whitman
Webster
Carl
Spencer
Powell
Dante
Mayfield
Cranston
Futura
Curvex
Majesty
Tempus
Sea Hawk
Rolland Fischer
Whitney
Brent
Samson
Flight II
Howard
Lincrest
Nelson
Langley
Norton
Boatswain
Adjutant
Whitford
Eternamatic
ipso-vox
Kinematic Kirby
Aqua Lung
Prentice
Harris
Sidney
Sinclair
Derby
B.W. Raymond
Citadel
Grant
Kirk
Trent
Accumatic
Contour
Lance
West Point
Colby
Wilson
Arlington
Lambert
Adrian
Perry
The Chief's
Putnam
Yeoman
Wakefield
Dickens
Beldon
Donald
Major
Marquis strap
Jeffrey
Sea-cap
Surf
Staunton
New Yorker
Kensignton
Viking
Franklion
Lawrence
Ashley
Brandon
Chesterfield
Parker B
Norde
Grover
Sea guard
Stanford
Lindsay
Culver
watson
Bowman
Holden
Tiger & Lady
Oval
Glenn
Hudson
Trudy Spur
Reardon
Lyle B
Argyle
Bostonian
Fleetwood
Drummond
Lone Eagle
Viscount
Ambassador
Newlin
Paxton
Sutton
Tildon
Cambridge
Oxford
Jason
Sheryll
Blackstone
Newton
Airman
Myron
Peyton
Ansley
Bentley
Thornton
Cabot
Deauville
Cadet
Top Time
Trooper
Medalist Wembley
Stanford
Black Star
Caroline
Roland
Doublet
Gardner
Raymon
Turner
Dixon
Courtney
Sea Scape
Wilkinson
Coronado
Elliot Emery
Byrd
...


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