Join us in welcoming the Watch Professor to the Masterpiece Watch Restoration family. Same great service you have come to expect from the start of your repair past your warranty. We make miracles happen every day.Trust your Rolex repair or restoration only to a certified watchmaker who uses only Genuine Rolex parts and recommended Rolex equipment.
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Every
mechanical instrument with moving parts needs periodic cleaning and application
of fresh oil to maintain precision operation. Your Rolex
watch is of no exception. In your Rolex, each pivot of the
train wheel and balance staff is dependent for its free action on the quality
and quantity of the "jewel-holes". These jewel holes contain a
certain amount of oil. If the oil is permitted to dry, the pivots will wear,
and precision cannot be maintained. When a Rolex is oiled, it is first completely
disassembled and each of the 150 parts is placed in a special chemical solution
which dissolves dirt, dust and half-dried and sticky oil spots. Then the
watch is reassembled and various Rolex recommended oils are used to lubricate
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| Precise regulation
of a Rolex watch is achieved by adjusting the balance spring & timing
screws located on the balance wheel, the regulating heart of the watch.
In addition to a test on an electronic timing machine, actual performance
of the watch must be observed over a period of several days. It also makes
a difference whether the watch is worn on the left or right wrist, on the
outside or inside of the wrist. It is important that you inform the watchmaker
of your wearing habits so that your watch can be adjusted accordingly.
1. A watch laid flat on a table with the dial up tends
to gain a few seconds during the night.
2. In a vertical position with the winding crown pointing
down, the watch will tend to lose a few seconds.
3. In a vertical
position with the winding crown pointing up, the watch will tend to lose
a few more seconds than in the position with the crown up.
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A
cornerstone of the Rolex brand, the Rolex DateJust is the most recognized
luxury watch to date. Introduced in 1945, it is celebrated as the first
wristwatch to showcase the Date function. Since then, the Datejust still
stands as a mark of distinction for any gentleman who enjoys the refinement
of a fine timepiece. |
| Here at Masterpiece
Watch Restoration LLC, we take pride in the service we provide
for our customers. It is our privilege to serve you. We hope to serve your
repair and restoration needs as well. Feel free to call or e-mail us with
any questions you may have. |
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Vintage
Watch Repair refers to watches that are not as old as antique
watches. Because replacement parts are usually no longer available from
the manufacturer, these watches are often problematic to repair properly.
Preserving the original character of the watch is important. Many of the
watches are considered collectible and some may be of special importance
to the owner. |
| Pocket
watch repair & Antique Pocket Watch restoration
requires special skills. Often a part must be specially fabricated
and fitted precisely in order to insure that the watch performs as it should.
Preservation of originality is a consideration. Each restoration is a unique
project. Sometimes the expense is no object and other times practicality
is in order. |
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The
Breguet "Hora Mundi" shown is an elegant and sophisticated world
time type watch. The ring with the Arabic numerals rotates once each day
and indicates the hour in each of the cities. It has a high quality very
accurate self winding mechanism deserving special care. |
| Complicated
watches may chime, play music, record elapsed time, show phases
of the moon, have special calendar mechanisms, display astronomical time,
have an equation of solar time feature, have moving figures and do many
other things. There are other unusual watches that employ special mechanisms
designed to be very accurate or unique. Sometimes they are one of a kind.
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Repeater
Watch Restoration is incredibly demanding. These watches strike
the time only when activated. Usually they have two gongs although they
may have more or none. The Automaton on the left is a Fusee Verge and has
moving figures striking the bells shown on the front of the watch |
This
Quarter Hour Repeater
strikes on a bell housed inside the pierced multicolored gold case. It
also has a switch to convert it into a dumb repeater that taps on the
case instead of striking the bell. That way it would not disturb others
as it discretely indicated the time to the owner. |
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Fusee
Watch Repair involves the careful handling of very old watches.
These watches were the first type of mechanical watches. Some of them
are well over three hundred years old. These watches typically use a tiny
chain wound around a tapered spool (Fusee) to transfer power evenly as
the mainspring winds down. This allows for steady timekeeping.
French
Onion Watch |
Restoring a very
small Patek Philippe pendant watch was an interesting project. It had
some missing parts as I received it. The bezel and crystal of the small
hunter case and also the cylinder of the movement were missing. The
balance wheel had been very nicely glued into position. Otherwise the
watch was in good condition.
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In
an article published in the October 1999 issue of the “NAWCC Bulletin”
Ted Crom describes a watch made substantially of ivory. This watch bearing
the name “Simeon Holton, Ivory Watch, Middlebury” was submitted
to me for restoration. Considering my propensity for a challenge, combined
with a curiosity about the unusual, it was inevitable that I would be accommodating.
As usual when undertaking anything previously untried, a few lessons were
learned.
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