The difficult part of our hobby is that we always need to service, repair or overhaul our watches. Unless you’re a watchmaker yourself, you probably already asked yourself this question: where should I bring my watch for repair? Authorized distributors of Seiko won’t even try servicing your beautiful 6138-0030 Kakume from the 70’s. And that posh boutique selling Rolex and IWC will laugh at you when you bring them your Raketa Big Zero for repair.
To help you out, we built a table referencing watchmakers who are known to provide quality service for vintage timepieces. The table can be sorted by location and you can also use filters to quickly find a watchmaker close to your place. If you know a watchmaker who deserves a spot or if you are a watchmaker yourself and would like to be featured, please get in touch with us here.
Can’t find anyone next to your place in the list? The second table at the bottom of this page lists professional organizations of watchmakers by country, with links to the corresponding websites which usually feature a search engine or a directory.
Recommended Watchmakers for Vintage Watches
| Name | Country | City/State | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Alexander | Australia | Sydney | +610400702717 | N/A |
| Thomas' Timepieces | Australia | Newcastle | +61249262805 | thomastimepieces.com.au |
| Archer Watches | Canada | St. Thomas, ON | N/A | archerwatches.ca |
| Tung Nguyen | Canada | Victoria, BC | +12504792165 | N/A |
| Daniel Leung (Citizen Time) | Canada | Victoria, BC | +12503884735 | citizentime.ca |
| Kronospace | France | Choisy-le-Roi | +33981001604 | N/A |
| Le Comptoir de Fournitures et d'Outillage | France | Grenoble | +33476190753 | horlogerie-grenoble.fr |
| L'Atelier du Chronographe | France | Jarny | +33771359792 | N/A |
| Comptoir d'Italie | France | Le Kremlin-Bicêtre | +33146588155 | comptoir-italie.com |
| Horlogerie Gendron | France | Montpellier | +33467069077 | N/A |
| Vintage Corner | France | Morteau | +33637375691 | vintage-corner.fr |
| Olivier Gaillard | France | Paris | +33142960750 | N/A |
| Atelier R. de Febres | France | Paris | +33145227752 | bijouterie-horlogerie-paris.fr |
| L'Art de la Montre | France | Paris | +33183947468 | N/A |
| Horlogerie Lafayette | France | Rennes | +33299385710 | horlogerie-lafayette.com |
| Castillo & Fils | France | Viroflay | +33130243971 | N/A |
| Andrei Babanin (Точный Ход) | Russia | Moscow | +74955805870 | horology.ru |
| Watch Doctors | UK | Tring | +441442824517 | watchdoctors.co.uk |
| Christian Dannemann (Watch Guy) | UK | N/A | N/A | watchguy.co.uk |
| Russell Talerman | UK | London | +442074910625 | russelltalerman.com |
| Steven Hale | UK | London | +442074953439 | shwr.co.uk |
| TCA Watch Repairs | UK | Leicester | +447704678398 | luxurywatchrepairers.co.uk |
| Tic Toc Man | UK | London | +442074309611 | tictocman.com |
| Eric Greenberg (Clocksavant) | USA | Northern Virginia - Washington DC | +17034576820 | clocksavant.com |
| About Time Watches | USA | Jacksonville, FL | +19046836860 | abouttimewatches.com |
| Time Zone | USA | Costa Mesa, CA | +17148500223 | N/A |
| Mark Sirianni | USA | Kane, PA | +18148379435 | watchdoctor.biz |
| Maryland Watch Works | USA | Hagerstown, MD | +12402322172 | marylandwatchworks.com |
| MotorCity Watchworks | USA | N/A | N/A | motorcitywatchworks.com |
| Stoll & Co | USA | Dayton, OH | +19374347800 | americaswatchmaker.com |
Trades or Professional Organizations of Watchmakers
| Country | Name | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Watch & Clockmakers of Australia (WCA) | link |
| Denmark | Guldsmedebranchen i Danmark | link |
| Japan | Fukuoka Watchmakers Association | link |
| New Zealand | Jewellers and Watchmakers of New Zealand (JWNZ) | link |
| UK | British Horological Institute (BHI) | link |
| UK | British Watch and Clock Makers' Guild (BWCMG) | link |
| USA | National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) | link |
| USA | American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) | link |
| USA | Horological Society of New York (HS-NY) | link |