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Services and Prices

American Pocket Watch Service

All American pocket watches that require nothing beyond a COA. (Clean, oil and adjust.) All parts and repairs are additional.

7 - 17 Jewels

$175

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments. 

19 - 21 Jewels

$195

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.

22 Jewels and Above

$225

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.

Wind Indicators

$250

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.


Wrist Watches

All vintage and modern wrist watches that require nothing beyond a COA. (Clean, oil and adjust.) All parts and repairs are additional.

Mechanical Manual Wind

$225

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.

Automatic Movement

$250

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.

Automatic Movement with Date

$275

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.

Chronograph Movements

$500

Complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly with positional adjustments.


Replacement Parts

Prices apply to NOS parts that are currently in stock and available. Prices will change if the part has to be procured or fabricated. Prices include labor.

Mainsprings

$40

Alloy mainsprings will always be used when available. NOS (New old stock) blue steel springs that have been properly inspected and tested are also an option. I do not use unlabeled China springs commonly found on eBay. 

Balance Staffs

$80

Single roller and double roller balance staffs.  

Crystals

$20

All open face pocket watches are replaced with glass crystals. Hunter watches will be replaced with glass when available and acrylic will be utilized alternatively. Wrist watches will be replaced using the appropriate material originally used. Fancy, extra thick, etc. glass are special order and price to be determined. 

Hairspring Re-Colleting

$95

Cracked or broken hairspring collets. 

Jewels

Varies

Hole jewel, cap jewel, jewel in setting, jewel resetting, roller jewel, pallet fork stones, and resetting a jewel with shellac. Prices vary according to the material of the setting and labor to reset or shellac. 

Hardware

Varies

Hardware consists of any screws that are missing, damaged or incorrect as well as any other damaged or missing components within the movement. 


Case Work & Components

Prices apply to NOS parts that are currently in stock and available. Prices will change if the part has to be procured or fabricated. Prices include labor.

Crowns

$40

All colors and styles that are available. Crowns to specific case models such as Hamilton railroad cases and Bunn Special cases are not available.  

Bows

$40

All colors and styles that are available.    

Stems

$35

Broken stems or existing stems that do no function properly. Fabrication may be required. 

Sleeves

$35

Broken sleeves are replaced if the correct size is available. Fabrication may be required. 

Rear Cover Milling

$120

Available only for certain case designs. The rear cover is milled out on the lathe and fitted with a glass crystal. This service will only be offered for cases that are damaged or excessively worn. 

Plating and Polishing

Gold-filled cases are ultrasonically cleaned only and not buffed. This is included during the service of the movement. Plating cases is not offered.  


Appearance Restoration

Restoration work that focuses on improving the visual appearance of the watch while preserving its original character and design.

Hands

$60

 Full Set of correct NOS hands when available. 

Individual Hands

$15

Proper replacement of the hour hand, minute hand, or seconds hand when available.    

Hand Coloring

$20

A set of hands that requires a refresh by refinishing, polishing, and heating them to a plum, or blue color.  

Enamel Refinishing

$20

Refinishing incomplete or missing enamel within the lettered engravings on the movement. Black or red only. 

Hardware Bluing

$20

For movements with hardware that have or should have blue hardware.

- Prices shown are starting estimates for standard services and may vary depending on the condition of the movement and any additional repairs required. Customers will always be contacted for approval before additional work is performed. Watches are accepted one at a time and must be submitted for full service. Individual repair requests without a complete service are not accepted. -

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