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