Cincinnati Watch Repair

How close do you have to look? High magnification looking at every part. I examine every part up close looking for damage or wear like the teeth of this barrel. New barrel in third picture.

Most days I wouldn't be proud of timing results like this, but when I received this watch60 year old Bulova it had a maximum deviation of 185 seconds per day between the fastest and slowest position after cleaning. I feel like 31 second delta is a good improvement. It took poising, hairspring adjustments and regulator pin moving to get it to this point. If I could just solve the problem of a 60 degree drop in amplitude between vertical and horizontal positions I think we would have a good timekeeper.

You don’t get instructions written inside of a watch very often.

Here is my milling setup on the lathe which I used today to make a replacement bracelet screw. The lathe is setup for cutting the slot in the screw head.

On the bench today: A Gruen Veri-Thin pocket watch. Cased and Timed in the U.S.A

When the power goes out in your workshop

Recently restored Gallet Chronograph with Excelsior Park movement. Available for $2900

A little before and after on a well loved and watered Omega Constellation.

The classic “Cincinnati” watch is going fast! We have dwindling stock of the Union Terminal V2, get the most unique holiday gift in the city before they are gone!
Designed & Assembled in Cincinnati

What did you get at the end of WWI if you helped the U.S. government spend $153 Million? From the U.S. government: the Army Distinguished Service Medal. From the owners of the businesses where you spent the money: an 18K Patek Philippe.
We just serviced this lovely watch and couldn’t resist doing a little research on its history.

Every day we use a mix of vintage and modern tools. Today we used an old Seitz jeweling tool and a modern Horia tool to aid in replacing a cracked jewel. And we got a brand new timing machine in the workshop today that will make the work go quicker.

I love the way these older bracelets look when all cleaned up.

Some days you get to work on some pretty special watches. What a pleasure it was to service this one. It must have some stories to tell!

Learning to use new equipment in the workshop

I just finished up this Gruen Chronograph with the classic Buren 1281 automatic chronograph movement. For Sale. DM for pricing. It isn’t perfect but it shows its age beautifully and it runs great. Never been polished but we can refinish if you want it.

We love working on luxury watches but it can be just as much fun to breathe new life into a beloved daily wearer.

This Gruen movement is beautiful! We just got done with this service. We had to custom cut a crystal, clean the dial and hands and get it up and running again.

My wife got me this puzzle for Christmas. I put it together on Christmas Day and now it hangs on the wall in my office. The pieces are a little bigger than the “puzzles” I assemble on a daily basis.

It is just a tiny hair bit it brought this watch to a halt. We were happy to remove it and get this watch back up and running for our customer.

Sometimes the watch parts come in really cool packages.

Beautiful Benrus 39 Jewel watch in today. This watch is stunning but unfortunately the extra jewels do nothing. Hidden under the plate that says 39 Jewels it says 17 Jewels on the bridge. And where are the extra 22 Jewels? 11 in each reversing wheel.

We boldly go where no watchmaker has ever before!
The customer complained of a dim light. For this watch using the proper high-drain battery helped it light up brighter.

Something a little different today. This is a Jefferson “Golden Hour” Mystery Clock I purchased years ago that has needed a little work. It is keeping time again!

New workshop is finished and now we can focus on growing the business. If you have watches that need to be repaired please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Those bronze cases look and feel great, but when the “patina” begins to develop in the gasket seats it can mean a wet watch. Even though the customer dried this one immediately there is a significant amount of rust.

The bracelet on this Cartier was beat up pretty bad but we made it look like new again.

Today’s Omega on the bench is just a little bit older. More than 100 years old and still running strong. We had to replace a cracked jewel and clean things up a bit.