Watch repairer recommendations

[matabog]

I feel I have been a little bit dismissive... For that I am terribly sorry... All my comments were written on haste (I was at work).

Timezone, please accept my apologies! Nonetheless, I encourage you to tackle your 6497-1!

[Timezone]

Matabog:  I accept your apology and I appreciate your input to my dilemma.

Thanks,

Timezone

[cuevobat]

Can anyone recommend a good watch smith in the Seattle or Portland area that could repair a vintage 1959 micro-rotor Hamilton ? Its way beyond my ability and I don't want to ruin the old girl.

[jdm]

Check

https://members.awci.com/AWCIWEB/AWCISearch/MemberSearch.aspx

[cuevobat]

Thank you. I am checking it out.


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[SaladDodger]

Hello Guys, as my collection has grown, its harder and harder to find people in South Yorkshire who can service vintage omega sea masters and the like.

Could anyone recommend good watchmakers who are in South Yorkshire / Yorkshire, and who would take on the work ?

thanks

 

[oldhippy]

If you go to the B H I sight you can fill in details of what you have where you live etc and they will let you know of the nearest place who is able to undertake your repair.

[SaladDodger]

Thanks Oldhippy, I originally checked the BHI website. The BHI website has 2 people listed for South Yorkshire are both clockmakers.

Any contacts would be much appreciated !!!

[oldhippy]

It is not my region. I am in Mid-Devon. You could phone them, just because there listed, as clockmakers does not mean to say they do not undertake watch repairs, at some point I did both. Also they might know someone. What you need to ask is if they undertake repairs on the premises. If you do a google search, as an example there are many in Leeds.  

[SaladDodger]

I did phone and both are clock related.

Yes Professor Google is a good standby but I was hoping to get a personal recommendation from someone. but thanks for your suggestions non the less sir 

[GOATLondon]

Hi everyone, 

I have a Seiko Alpinist (2 years old) 6r15 movement that is losing about 1min/day. 
Can anyone recommend me a watchmaker / repair shop in London that can have a look and maybe adjust my movement? 

Much appreciated, 
Andy

[oldhippy]

Go to the British Horological Institute web site and download their accredited watch repairer’s pdf list. There are quite a few listed in London.

[Pip]

Hi Andy,

There are many people who can adjust a Seiko for you but as you are on here why not learn to do it yourself? As it's only a couple of years old you can get away without a full service I'd guess, but it's quite simple to pop the back off and very slightly move the balance rate adjustment arm to improve the time keeping. 

[oldhippy]

It might not be just pop the back off. The back could be a screw back, in which case a proper screw back removing tool will be required. Anyone who is not familiar with how a watch works should never start to fiddle with the movement and certainly not try to regulate it.  

[watchweasol]

Hi Andy  Old Hippy is right telling you not to fiddle as one slip and its goobye watch hello repair bill. If you are interested in the craft do plenty of reading and watch Mikes videos then practise on some old watches when you understand it a bit better. I have been doing it over 40years as a hobby and still learning all the time. 

[rodabod]

Alsal are quite respected if you want to drop into a shop. 

[GOATLondon]

Thank you guys. Very helpful advice. 

I DO want to get some tools in time as an aficionado. 

I'll let you know how is it going with my Alpinist. 

 

[2131tom]

I've recently acquired a Tag Kirium, probably year 2000, for which I'm buying a contemporary WL1116 electric blue dial, as I'm not particularly keen on the existing greyish one.  There's nothing else wrong with the watch, which has had a fairly recent service and is running very well.

I'm in west Essex, UK.  Can anyone recommend a Tag specialist (preferably close by me) who might do the job and still leave me with a little spare cash to pay my mortgage?

Thanks,

Tom. 

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[jdm]

There are no "Tag specialists" because beside it being a good watch like any other, the manufactures supplies parts only to authorized repair centers. So either you find one of these on their website, or bring it to a reputable watchmaker. You can use NHI directory for that and ask for an estimate before giving the job. There are various with a web presence, easy to find with a Google search. 

[buchnoun]

Hello to all, I'm new here I discovered Mark channel and realized it might be possible to service a watch by myself

I've just finished level 2 and I have a question regarding an AR1010 movement :

I bought a cheap one on ebay and started to stripped it down filming myself under a microscope, the trouble I have is that the microscope is very close to all the parts and now I'm stuck at putting everything back in order.

I'm sure someone here already tried to service that movement and I would greatly appreciate any help I can get to put it back together !

I now have a smaller microscope so will try to be smarter next time (I got an ETA 1258 auto for my next project : Enicar seapearl automatic)

Thanks again for your help and excuse my english as it is not my mother tongue

[AndyHull]

This may help

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Enicar_1010

 

 

 

[buchnoun]

7 hours ago, AndyHull said:

This may help

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Enicar_1010

 

 

 

Thank you for this, I've found that before and also a detailed list of parts. Actually I'm looking more for a service manual (dunno if that exist anymore) or the order of reassembly from the beginning. I have the feeling the pallet fork should be placed first (it's secure by a bridge deep inside the mechanism) but it seems strange to me according to Marks video? Thanks again for your help

[Nucejoe]

I have several vintage Enicar, movements are in-house.Based on jules borel, I find that only a few movement parts are nterchange at all and with like omega.

I wonder if more parts are interchangable than what borel says, anyone knows ? Or any other data base?

[alwayslearning]

Hi All

I have a Longines watch with 30L movement. it was running very fast so I tried de-magnetising but made no difference. I have avoided "fixing " it myself for a while but then decided to take out the balance  to see if I  could see any problem with the spring. Now of course it does not run at all. I think the pivots may have broken off the balance staff but that is just my guess.

Can anyone recommend a good watchmaker/ repairer in the Manchester (UK) area?

thanks in anticipation.

[watchweasol]

Hi Have a look on google or the local yellow pages. they are not a common now on the high street.