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