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