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Antique
Pocket Watch Restoration requires special skills and a great deal of patience.
Because of the age of these watches replacement parts are not available
through conventional means and often a part must be specially fabricated
and fitted precisely in order to insure that the watch performs as it should.
These parts require days and many man hours to design and then finally produce.
Preservation of originality is an important consideration when designing
and fabricating these pieces. Each restoration is a unique project in and
of itself. Sometimes the expense is no object and other times practicality
is in order. |
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the individual needs of every customer. Each repair or restoration should
be discussed and all questions answered in order to insure the appropriate
approach is taken to meet the customers and the watches needs. Our customer
must be satisfied with the final result. |
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Fusee
Watch Repair involves the careful handling of very old watches. These
watches were among the first types of mechanical watches with some of them
well over three hundred years old. Fusee watches typically use a tiny chain
wound around a tapered spool (Fusee) to transfer power to the watch evenly
as the mainspring winds down. This allows for steady timekeeping. |
| Some customers enjoy
using these old watches today. While there is some risk in using an antique
watch on a daily basis there is also a huge satisfaction and joy to experience
a watch that still keeps time as it did hundreds of years ago. Many times
this is the same watch that their father or grand father might have used
every day. |
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Many Fusee watches
are beautifully made with Precious Metals, Enamel, Jewels, and Pearls such
as the ones shown on this page. These watches should be handled with care
only by a master watchmaker who is a specialist in these unique timepieces. |
| 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. |
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Complicated
Watch Repair and Unusual Watch Repair requires a thorough understanding
of the mechanisms. The diversity of mechanisms invented by watch making
geniuses over the centuries is amazing. |
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facility can handle your Antique, Vintage
and modern Rolex Restoration and Repair needs
now and in the future. |
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Many
times these very special watches are pronounced "beyond repair"
by uninformed jewelers and watchmakers. Very seldom is a watch beyond
repair. The expense of Antique Watch Repair is another matter. In many
cases the cost to fabricate the broken, worn or missings pieces of the
watch may exceed the value of the watch. But many times the sentimental
value associated with the watch makes the restoration well worth the expense.
If the watch has just been recovered from the Titanic, or subjected to
the well intentioned mechanical exploits of a ten year old, it is probable
that the work required would be extensive. Hopefully yours is in better
condition. Only a thorough examination can reveal the extent of repairs
required. |
If
you choose to use an antique watch regularly, you should understand it
will require more maintenance than a modern watch. There are some exceptions
to the rule but not many. We have become accustomed to the performance
of modern machinery. (Try driving your Model A 30,000 miles a year or
at 70 mph on the interstate.) |
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