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:
National Watch Co. U.S Watch Co. American Waltham Newark Watch Co. Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster Watch Co. Cornell Watch Co Western Watch Co. Freeport Watch Co. South Bend Watch Co. Independent Watch Co. Boston Watch Co. Auburndale Watch Co. J.P.Stevens Watch Co. Potter Albert Watch Co. W.E. Harper New England Watch Co., Columbus Watch Co. Non-Magnetic Watch Co.E. Ingraham Charles Fasoltd B.D. Bingham |
Warren Manufacturing Co. Herman Vod der Heydt Appleton watch Co. E.F. Bowman New York Watch Co. Luther Goddard James & Henry Pitkin Cheshire Watch Co. Adams & Perry Watch Co. Manhatten Watch Co. Wichita Watch Co. Melrose Watch Co. Benedict & Burham Hampden Watch Co. American Repeating Watch Co. Fitchburg Watch bo. Appleton, Tracy & Co. South Bend Watch Co. Waterbury Rock Island Watch Co. Aurora Watch Co. |
Watch Co. American Waltham Watch Co. Mosart Watch Co. Peoria Watch co George Reed Ingersol Seth Thomas Watch do. Nashua Watch Co. Trenton Watch do. Jacob Custer Illinois Watch Co. D.D. PalmerRemont Watch Co. E. Howard and Co. U.S. Watch Co. Otay Watch Co. Rockford Watch Co. Bannatyne Watch Co. Washington Watch Co. Ball Watch Co. Thomas Harland |
WRISTWATCHES: We will consider for restoration any high grade manual wind, or automatic Swiss watch of 15 jewels or better of the following manufacture:
Monte Verno Baume & Mercier Kelek Niton Orfina Gallet Goering Ball Winton Lemania Rolex South Bend Trebex Exactus J.E. Watch Co. WhiteStar Helvetia Didisheim Corum Van Cleef & Arpels Ogival Normandie Harwood Bueche-Girod Schultz Uhrenfabrik Glashutte Lip Marlys Fontainemelon Titus Rulon Octo Benson Mappin Cornavin Helbros Perfine Driva Kelbert Zentra Weltall Crown PiagetPreesent Daynite Jardur Geneve Altus Aramis Aristo Ofair Kurth LIbela Framont Garland Germinal Timecraft Opel Minerva Lucerne Rembrant Benrus Hamilton Angelus Wakmann Cawford Perpetual Watch Co. Harvel |
Faith Glycine Central Louvig Blancpain Mt. Vernon Mar Nicolet Hebdomas Lorton Audemars Piguet Sperina Vulcain Levrette Condal Americus Breguet Harvard Glashutte Alpina Cortebert A. Lange & Sohne Shield Frodsham Welsbro National P. Garnier Agassiz Rotary Seth Thomas Alpha Girard-Perregaux Admes Nicewatch Co. Dugena Ollendorff Stowa Asprey Concord Moriva Invicta Eska Omega Baylor Wittnauer Gubelin Dome Rocail Patria Buren LeCoultre Emerson Eberhard Duodial Nivada Vacheron Rolls Lucien Piccard Elgin Hilton Orvin Doxa Illinois Mars Laco Montbrilliant Harman Eloga |
Delbana Tiffany Pronto Mido Fairfax Arsa Hydepark Monarch Olympia Movado Zenith Lang Uhr Gruen Lyceum Breitling Hermes Haste Yale Evans Jules Jurgensen Rima Touchon Nicolet Watch Excelsior Jaeger Universal Alavente Favre Leuba Cyma Charles Nicolet Wyler Hampden Ardath Certina Parker Golay Record Kingston Ekegren Boulevard Bulova Regina Tissot Dunhill Tourneau Phillepe Watch Co. Alsta Grana Felca Autdrist Enicar Rockford Louis Hever Friedli Guinand Lavina Wig Wag Ebel Audax Pabro Avalon Rado Watex Orator Bovet |
Tavannes Newmark Semca LePhare Butex Warwick Tornex-Rayville Imperial Henda Unitas Roamer Turler Sigma Revue International Arctus Standard Beltone Lusina Borel Boucheron Univer Westend Hy. Moser & Cie Croton Smith Eterna Kord Hallmark Bucherer P. Buhre Alton Juvenia Roxy Berg Cartier Arbi Patek Philippe Provita Electra Frey Zodiac Urania Chopard Seeland Mimo Ace Acro Olma Continental Kent Ultimor Sheffield Kelton Carlton Longines Weldon Ulysse Nardin Rapid Leonidas Lancel Hafis Hayden Coronet Clebar Huguenin |
Models of watches that we repair:
Enditcott Boatswain William Osler Attache Colby Dean Pinehurst Lowell Cabot Lincrest Chatham Precision Minu-stop Ansley Hastings Craig Glenn Curtis Landon Vincent Baton Randolph Paxton Gold knight Spencer Grant The Chief's Meadowbrook Commander Barry Top Time Raleigh Contour Carlyle Talbot Bagley Tyron Vardon Transcontinental A B Langley Frontenac Sea-crest Lambert Coronado Norton Cullen Avigo Valiant the Curtis Streamlined Fulton Carson Grafic Deluxe Blair Yeoman The Governor Ensign Merritt direct read Brandon Sea Scout Sea Skip Sky Chief Touraine dunkirk Cyril Monaco Rolland Fischer Collegian Dawson Morton Windsor Lawrence Medford Dewitt Lindsay Varsity Allison Finalist stanley Franklion Powell Chadwick Chesterfield Chatham Dunhan Culver Whitman Winfield Stuart Chapman Norman Bianca Grenadier Aviator Baronet Beau Brummel Longacre Ryan Holden Cadet Piccadilly Mermaid Blue Angel Golden Knights Milburn Kinematic Rodney B.W. Raymond Staunton Portia Glenn Kinematic Kirby Captain Rice Chieftan Ardsley Lakehurst |
Darrell Hudson Oakley Otis Rutgers Reardon Livingston Steeldon Alan Sea Ranger Pimlico Trent Scout Dexter Pacermatic Fleetwood Keith Radburn Linwood Sea mate Mate Whitehall Stanford Fleetwood Whitford Custer Gilman Halesworth B Sentinal Doublet Oxford Trudy Spur Edgemere Langford Guardsman Centurion Dwight Curvex Bailey Black knight Newlin Airflight Blake Aqualine Amherst Briarcliffe Thor Russell Mason Norman Ramsey Tempus Sutton Orson Kirk Sea Cliff Sea-glo Dante Dickens Aqua Lung Perry Chief Jolly Roger Thin-o-matic Masterpiece Morley Ascot Parker B Ensign Calvin Gardner Gulfport Deauville Stanford Neil Courier Donald Thornton Sidney Arlington Hawthorne Grover Barton Sheryll Putnam Heyward Lord Lancaster Raleigh Marquis strap Peyton Carlisle Barbizon Boone Samson Norde Keane Scott Donavan Jason watson Blade Molly Stark Stormking Golden Tempus Bowman Secron Clyde Dixon Majesty Lakeland Glendale Commodore |
Champion Flint Ridge Baron Benton Guardsman Seabrook Sloane Eternamatic Viking Tiger & Lady Clearview Sinclair Maritza Crispin Khyber Carl Prentice Boyd Wesleyan Bostonian Seaview Brewster Sawyer Webster New Yorker Blackstone Mount Vernon Yorktown Haddon Hayden Veri-thin Pierre Sea-cap Glendon Reagan Kevin Major Hartman Lyle B Gilvert Drexel Edgewater Gladstone Wakefield Wellington Foster Bentley Kenilworth Gallahad Caroline Judson Midas Gyromatic Rutledge Dennis Lee Annapolis Citadel Andrews Dodson Coburn Secometer Sedgman Drew Piping Rock Chanticleer Turner Sea Rover Golden Tempus II Cranston Brockton Bradford Robert Roberta Corvet Elliot Emery Beldon Cedric Carlton ipso-vox Roland Marcus Airman Whitney Consul Flight I Surf Trooper Futura Brent Essex Drake Tildon Byrd Ambassador Andover Black Star Larchmont Arlington Errol Sherwood Ristflo Todd Ward Ericsson Emerson Huntley Cambridge Richmond First Mate Eaton Accumatic Newton Tuxedo |
Clark Crusade Wesley Thincraft Taylor Lyndon Gramercy Lance Cameron Wayne Sea guard Montclair Gordon Jeffrey Windsor Dartmouth Martin Sir Echo Romanesquen Ross Flight II Adrian Aldrich Stadium Greenwich Oakmont Cross country Kensignton Paige Drummond Bryn Mawr President Antique Beau Royal Nelson Bartley Prescott Sea Hawk Conway Cordell Edgewood Sea Breeze Warwick Arnold Howard Garfield Chronomatic top hat Sinclair Cedercrest Chevy Chase Vernon Eric Ardmore Derby Viscount Berkshire Dyson Clinton Norfolk Adonis Medalist Wembley Senator Harris Langdon Wilkinson Sea Scape Cavalier West Point Carteret Yorktown Linden Hall Courtney Casino Argyle Croydon Winthrop Quadron Brock Top Gun Mayfield Raymon Maxine Gary Spur Malcom Lester Seville Sheldon Ashley Austin Manhattan Curtis Marshall Brooke Dorsey Wilshire Lone Eagle Farrell Thinline Myron Baxter Murray Milton Vernon Spencer Adjutant Nightingale Diamond Boulton Stafford Wilson The Athelete Oval ... |
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