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