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