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