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Hello everyone

I just joined up hoping to find some information to help my father.  He has a very old gold pocket watch that has been valued around $10000.00.  It needed some work done on it and we found a reference through a friend of a jeweler in Indiana who could possibly fix it.  It was sent their twice now and the first time was not repaired correctly.  He just got it back again and it is still not right.  We are located in Ontario Canada not far from Detroit.  My question is does anyone know of any reputable places that could handle this type of repair.  My father is 92 and has been collecting antiques most of his life.  He has an extensive grandfather clock collection and many other timepieces. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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www.Abellwatchmakers.com

Hi, this is the email address for a watchmaker in Flint, Texas ( I think )

He posts on another forum of which I am a member.

Works on very high end watches and has an excellent reputation.

If you follow this link it should take you to his website where you will be able to contact him and also see the types of work he does.

I think if your watch is really as valuable as you say it's worth going to a watchmaker that knows what he's doing.

Keep us in touch with your progress, Mike 

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Welcome to this friendly forum. Sorry I cant help with your question as I'm in the U K. I would love to see photos of your grandfathers collection because I'm very interested in antique clocks. 

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That single handed brass dial about 1780.

Nice double fusee strike skeleton clock

Picture 14 is that a French Morbier the style of the hands tells me it must be.

That p/w is really something.

Other various Long case clocks Picture 12 looks wrong it might be the photo but the hood looks wrong for the dial. 

Picture 9 and 13 are they both French or American.

 

 

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On 14/05/2016 at 3:39 PM, oldhippy said:

That single handed brass dial about 1780.

Nice double fusee strike skeleton clock

Picture 14 is that a French Morbier the style of the hands tells me it must be.

That p/w is really something.

Other various Long case clocks Picture 12 looks wrong it might be the photo but the hood looks wrong for the dial. 

Picture 9 and 13 are they both French or American.

 

The works for the clock in picture 12 were made in England and the case  was made by  R Catton in Montreal

 

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5 hours ago, oldhippy said:

When you have a movement and a case from two different clocks put together like that its called a marriage. I see a lot of that on ebay.  

My Father is following this post and told me that you have a good eye and you obviously know clocks.  thanks for your input.

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