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