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Do you home work. Search for watchmaker's credentials here:
http://www.awci.com/repair-directory/ My pops knew and dove with the owner back in the 70's. Not sure who owns them now. East coast Florida. ROLEX AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER 224 Vining Ct, Ormond Beach, FL 32176 (386) 677-6355 "We are the authorized Rolex Service Center servicing the Southeast United States and Puerto Rico since 1970. Rolex watches are serviced exclusively with a Rolex factory 2 year service warranty issued on applicable watches. This facility has state of the art equipment with factory trained technicians. Complete restorations are offered for most vintage Rolex watches. Less" |
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Cruvon if you would like to add Rolex parts account to my listing it would be greatly appreciated. Rikki
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Tom just got back from WOSTEP in Neuchatel, Switzerland for Schaublin 70 certification. He can do it all!
 http://www.wostep.ch/data/files/The%...e%20Course.pdf D's TIME SERVICE Owner - Tom Doan (CW21 Certified) 861 Sixth Ave #219 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel. (619) 696-9464 // dstsvc@gmail.com www.dstimeservice.com
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Hi guys, thought will add in a Bracelet restoration contacts to the above so that we don't have to look for this info again, please suggest anymore bracelet repairers you might want to add to the list though I suspect Michael's the only one out there
Adding Michael Youngs details, these are correct? Email: enquiry@classicwatchparts.com http://www.classicwatchparts.com/index.php?c=2&p=band Cheers
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Bump for more countries and repairers.
************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Global List of Vintage Rolex Servicing centres ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Vintage repair and restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive..Bob Ridley USA ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ East Ernest Tope CMW21 http://watchrestoration.com/Experience.htm Watch Service - service@watchrestoration.com (813) 802-4884 Masterpiece Watch Restoration LLC PO Box 678 Mango, Fl 33550-0678 Rik E. Dietel CW21, member AWCI http://timecareinc.com/ rikki.234@hotmail.com 727-215-8870 Time Care Inc. P.O.Box 7489 Seminole, Florida. 33775 watchrepair.net 1499 Palmetto Park Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33486 (888)876-9282 (561)368-1211 Jeff@watchrepair.net Dominique Wieland PO Box 403 616 East Savidge Street Spring Lake, MI 49456 (800) 237-6398 http://dominiquewieland.com West RSC Contact: Giovanni 210 Post Street, Suite 704-705 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 982-9830 Four Crowns Contact: Shant Der Boghosian *Owned by former Rolex of Beverly Hills employees 608 South Hill Street Suite 1001 (10th Floor) Los Angeles, CA 90014 213-488-3381 office Dalton Toledo, Alex Kohut ABC Watchwerks 635 S. Hill St., Suite 807 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Tel (213) 489-1816 Tom Doan, CW21 D's TIME SERVICE 861 Sixth Ave #219 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel. (619) 696-9464 // dstsvc@gmail.com www.dstimeservice.com Mid West Universal Watch Repair 555 South Old Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI 48009 (248)723-5550 http://www.universalwatch.net/ Fine Swiss Watch Repair Owner: Kent Mikolite 55 E Washington St, Ste 736 (between Wabash Ave & Dearborn St) Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 658-0602 Central Bob Ridley , CW21, member AWCI http://www.watchmakers.com/ Email - bobridley@watchmakers.com (817) 276-1400 - Phone (817) 275-2466 - Fax Manuel Chamosa, CMW, member AWCI Chamosa Watch Repair (Owner worked for 14 years at the Dallas RSC) 14785 Preston Road # 150 Dallas, TX 75254-7886 (972)404-9177 Canada ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Rolex Canada Ltd. Rolex Building 50 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 3B7 416-968-1100 Damiani Jewllers 15 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge, Ont. 905-850-4653 Chonger Authorized Rolex Service Center Location is at HWY 400 and #7 Ont. Australia ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Sydney RSC Sydney Level 39, Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street Sydney 2000. New South Wales Australia. Tel: +61 2 9251 8988 MAX SCHWEIZER SWISS WATCH SERVICE Suite 313 375 George Street Sydney Phone 9290 1469 CARL PARKER PARKER TIME Shop 1, 32 ferry Street, Hunters Hill. Phone 9816 1401 Expert Watch Repair Suite 306, Level 3. 250 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 p: (02) 9261 2229 f: (02) 9283 3405 http://www.watchrepair.com.au Melbourne RSC Melbourne 70 Collins Street Melbourne 3000. Victoria Australia. Tel: +61 3 9654 3988. Ferntree Gully Watch and Clock 117-119 Station Street, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 PH: +61 3 9758 7740 http://http://www.ftgwatch.com.au/ Ask For Phil Gore Canterbury Clocks & Watches 209 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 PH: +61 3 9830 1370 http://http://www.canterburycw.com.au/watches.html Ask For Rory Macdonald UK ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Steve Hale Watch Restoration 33 St. George St. London W1S 2FL Tel: 00 44 207 495 3439 http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk William Rice Woodmansey Beverley Hull East Yorkshire Tel: 00 44 1482 873425 http://www.williamricewatches.com Sweden ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Kristoffer Polblad Infinitum Jewelry & Watches Kungsgatan 5 411 19 Gothenburg Independent but Rolex certified. Specialised in vintage Rolex. http://infinitumsmycken.se/ Is your watchmaker certified? Certification FAQ/Info, listed by contributor Rikki Question @rolexsport: What is the difference between cmw21 and cw21? Answer @Rikki:A CW is Certified Watchmaker and a CMW is a Certified Master Watchmaker. Certifications have been around for a long time this is the newest. Those that had a previous CMW were semi grandfathered in and only had to take 2 parts of the test I took because their CMW from before was more complicated. The AWCI hasn't as of yet put together a completely new CMW21, but they are working on it and as soon as it is ready I will test for that as well, of course after more classes and study. Also to keep your CW or CMW21 you have to take continueing ed courses and accrue between 5 and 7 credits to keep your license current every 5 years. Pretty much like doctors nurses opticians and so forth. Hope that clears it up a bit. Rikki Question @cruvon: What are the pre requisites to take it, for example number of years experience, etc.? Also would be interesting to know what the different subjects the exam covers. Also what's the duration of the Certified Master Watchmaker exam? Answer @Rikki: The 5 disciplines are 4 hour essay written test, 7750 Chronograph, eta automatic, eta quartz, and lathe work cut out a balance fit new one poise and properly center hairspring and oil. The only timed part is the written you have 3 1/2 days to complete the rest. They can induce up to 100 errors in the watches for you to diagnose and repair as well as clean oil adjust and case up. There is no CMW 21 test as of yet just 2 parts of the full test written and the chronograph and I believe you get 2 days to complete. You have to have 3 to 5 years experience to take the test. People coming out of wostep taking the test pass rate is slightly higher maybe 45 percent. So much has changed in the last 5 years alone materials oils quantities that you really have to take the prerequsite courses in order to pass the test. That's about all I got. Best thing I have done for myself and my business. Rikki Question @Cavediver: Hi RIk, Are there any restrictions on how a watchmaker advertises the certifications? For example, can a watchmaker that is certified cw21 or cmw21 have a staff of non certified watchmakers that do the majority of the services while the certified watchmaker mostly does the management part of the business? I figure that is how Rolex operates. Thanks Answer @Rikki: I believe the Rolex service center in Dallas has approximately 40 or so certified watchmakers and about 60 or so watch techs who do most of the grunt work and the certified guys do the final adjusting. I do everything soup to nuts. I believe that Rolex requires anyone who does mechanical work as an Independant be certified not so sure about detailing and case work. My actual title is Rik Dietel CW21 and can use my certification as I see fit for advertising or whatever. There are many stores or workshops where the owner is not even a watchmaker and subs the work out like most of the jewelry stores on the planet. Some of the subs are certified some are not it's up to the consumer to ask and because certifications started to be swept under the rug in the early 80's so jewelry stores didn't have to pay a watchmaker to change batteries lobbyied by the big jewelry store chains education for watchmakers went down the tubes. Now that more mechanical high grade watches are being produced than at anytime in history the need for qualified watchmakers is needed more than ever. If any of you out there have a genuine interest in becoming a watchmaker there's no better time, the amount of work out there is generational,and I mean really generational. Okay enough of the soapbox you'all have a nice evenning. Rikki Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Rikki: That all comes with experience and trial and error hopefully more trial than error hehe. You see vintage to me and Bob are the watches we cut our teeth on. We both have serviced more vintage than probably the next 20 guys put together just because we have been around longer. We lost a local watchmaker and friend some months back and he was working full days at 84 years old imagine what he has seen and the advancement and changes in technolgy. I believe Wostep in switzerland has a highend vintage course where they give you 10 projects to complete in 9 months it's pretty intense you're making parts drawing them out lots of machining work. Barbara/Bob Ridley "In light of industry developments we..now require that all spare parts accounts maintain a membership in the American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute (AWCI)....AWCI is currently the only resource for obtaining the new industry-supported Watchmaker Certification, which will become mandatory for all existing Rolex spare parts accounts within the next three years." Since January 2011, AWCI certification is required in order to be eligible for a spare parts accounts. Further requirements exist, involving on-site inspection and equipment specifications. Watchmakers must maintain premium qualifications and shop standards in order to be eligible for a spare parts account. Without this account, a watchmaker cannot purchase genuine Rolex parts directly from Rolex. It is our understanding (in agreement with Rik) that an independent watchmaker with a Rolex account must have approval by Rolex (verified certifications) in order to perform mechanical services to a Rolex watch. Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Barbara/Bob: Bob's perspective is that "most U.S. watchmaker curriculum focuses on current/modern watches (expected within a market-driven industry). This benefits vintage repair, given thoughtful and well-considered application of some newer techniques. Overall, though, vintage repair/restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive. 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29 July 2013, 11:06 AM
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Cruvon, you could ad this official Rolex jeweler I posted in post 91:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showpost...6&postcount=91 They are one of the few official Rolex jewels left. Cd |
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Save yourself the hassle and go straight to ABC Watchwerks in LA or the Rolex Service Center in San Francisco.
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Kent Mikolite of Fine Swiss Watch Repair in Chicago (USA - Midwest) is also designated CMW with a Rolex technical certificate.
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Thanks mate, will update!
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Bump for some more repairer contacts, saw I missed out a few to update!
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Thanks for the post!!..great!!
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Thanks, list updated. Any in the UK or other countries?
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Just want to give a shout-out to fellow TRF member and watchmaker extraordinaire RiK Dietel.
Just got back my vintage 1625 from Rick, and it looks great! His detailing work is simply outstanding. Have no worries trusting your vintage to him folks!
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Bump for more countries and repairers. There have been a few recent posts about Bob Ridley through threads and also some PM's to me. This was about some issues a few members have had which you are all aware of in other threads here as also very positive feedback from others over the years and recently. I understand he was going through hard times because of personal issues and allegations from his employee too, hope that's all sorted out now and he can get back to doing what he's best at and was historically known for. No changes to this list, just reposting to be at end of thread. As always please ensure you read this disclaimer before choosing to send your prized vintages to your watchmaker of choice!
DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list. ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Global List of Vintage Rolex Servicing centres ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Vintage repair and restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive..Bob Ridley USA ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ East Ernest Tope CMW21 http://watchrestoration.com/Experience.htm Watch Service - service@watchrestoration.com (813) 802-4884 Masterpiece Watch Restoration LLC PO Box 678 Mango, Fl 33550-0678 Rik E. Dietel CW21, member AWCI http://timecareinc.com/ rikki.234@hotmail.com 727-215-8870 Time Care Inc. P.O.Box 7489 Seminole, Florida. 33775 watchrepair.net 1499 Palmetto Park Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33486 (888)876-9282 (561)368-1211 Jeff@watchrepair.net Dominique Wieland PO Box 403 616 East Savidge Street Spring Lake, MI 49456 (800) 237-6398 http://dominiquewieland.com West RSC Contact: Giovanni 210 Post Street, Suite 704-705 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 982-9830 Four Crowns Contact: Shant Der Boghosian *Owned by former Rolex of Beverly Hills employees 608 South Hill Street Suite 1001 (10th Floor) Los Angeles, CA 90014 213-488-3381 office Dalton Toledo, Alex Kohut ABC Watchwerks 635 S. Hill St., Suite 807 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Tel (213) 489-1816 Tom Doan, CW21 D's TIME SERVICE 861 Sixth Ave #219 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel. (619) 696-9464 // dstsvc@gmail.com www.dstimeservice.com Mid West Universal Watch Repair 555 South Old Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI 48009 (248)723-5550 http://www.universalwatch.net/ Fine Swiss Watch Repair Owner: Kent Mikolite 55 E Washington St, Ste 736 (between Wabash Ave & Dearborn St) Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 658-0602 Central Bob Ridley , CW21, member AWCI http://www.watchmakers.com/ Email - bobridley@watchmakers.com (817) 276-1400 - Phone (817) 275-2466 - Fax Manuel Chamosa, CMW, member AWCI Chamosa Watch Repair (Owner worked for 14 years at the Dallas RSC) 14785 Preston Road # 150 Dallas, TX 75254-7886 (972)404-9177 Canada ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Rolex Canada Ltd. Rolex Building 50 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 3B7 416-968-1100 Damiani Jewllers 15 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge, Ont. 905-850-4653 Chonger Authorized Rolex Service Center Location is at HWY 400 and #7 Ont. Australia ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Sydney RSC Sydney Level 39, Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street Sydney 2000. New South Wales Australia. Tel: +61 2 9251 8988 MAX SCHWEIZER SWISS WATCH SERVICE Suite 313 375 George Street Sydney Phone 9290 1469 CARL PARKER PARKER TIME Shop 1, 32 ferry Street, Hunters Hill. Phone 9816 1401 Expert Watch Repair Suite 306, Level 3. 250 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 p: (02) 9261 2229 f: (02) 9283 3405 http://www.watchrepair.com.au Melbourne RSC Melbourne 70 Collins Street Melbourne 3000. Victoria Australia. Tel: +61 3 9654 3988. Ferntree Gully Watch and Clock 117-119 Station Street, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 PH: +61 3 9758 7740 http://http://www.ftgwatch.com.au/ Ask For Phil Gore Canterbury Clocks & Watches 209 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 PH: +61 3 9830 1370 http://http://www.canterburycw.com.au/watches.html Ask For Rory Macdonald UK ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Steve Hale Watch Restoration 33 St. George St. London W1S 2FL Tel: 00 44 207 495 3439 http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk William Rice Woodmansey Beverley Hull East Yorkshire Tel: 00 44 1482 873425 http://www.williamricewatches.com Sweden ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Kristoffer Polblad Infinitum Jewelry & Watches Kungsgatan 5 411 19 Gothenburg Independent but Rolex certified. Specialised in vintage Rolex. http://infinitumsmycken.se/ Is your watchmaker certified? Certification FAQ/Info, listed by contributor Rikki Question @rolexsport: What is the difference between cmw21 and cw21? Answer @Rikki:A CW is Certified Watchmaker and a CMW is a Certified Master Watchmaker. Certifications have been around for a long time this is the newest. Those that had a previous CMW were semi grandfathered in and only had to take 2 parts of the test I took because their CMW from before was more complicated. The AWCI hasn't as of yet put together a completely new CMW21, but they are working on it and as soon as it is ready I will test for that as well, of course after more classes and study. Also to keep your CW or CMW21 you have to take continueing ed courses and accrue between 5 and 7 credits to keep your license current every 5 years. Pretty much like doctors nurses opticians and so forth. Hope that clears it up a bit. Rikki Question @cruvon: What are the pre requisites to take it, for example number of years experience, etc.? Also would be interesting to know what the different subjects the exam covers. Also what's the duration of the Certified Master Watchmaker exam? Answer @Rikki: The 5 disciplines are 4 hour essay written test, 7750 Chronograph, eta automatic, eta quartz, and lathe work cut out a balance fit new one poise and properly center hairspring and oil. The only timed part is the written you have 3 1/2 days to complete the rest. They can induce up to 100 errors in the watches for you to diagnose and repair as well as clean oil adjust and case up. There is no CMW 21 test as of yet just 2 parts of the full test written and the chronograph and I believe you get 2 days to complete. You have to have 3 to 5 years experience to take the test. People coming out of wostep taking the test pass rate is slightly higher maybe 45 percent. So much has changed in the last 5 years alone materials oils quantities that you really have to take the prerequsite courses in order to pass the test. That's about all I got. Best thing I have done for myself and my business. Rikki Question @Cavediver: Hi RIk, Are there any restrictions on how a watchmaker advertises the certifications? For example, can a watchmaker that is certified cw21 or cmw21 have a staff of non certified watchmakers that do the majority of the services while the certified watchmaker mostly does the management part of the business? I figure that is how Rolex operates. Thanks Answer @Rikki: I believe the Rolex service center in Dallas has approximately 40 or so certified watchmakers and about 60 or so watch techs who do most of the grunt work and the certified guys do the final adjusting. I do everything soup to nuts. I believe that Rolex requires anyone who does mechanical work as an Independant be certified not so sure about detailing and case work. My actual title is Rik Dietel CW21 and can use my certification as I see fit for advertising or whatever. There are many stores or workshops where the owner is not even a watchmaker and subs the work out like most of the jewelry stores on the planet. Some of the subs are certified some are not it's up to the consumer to ask and because certifications started to be swept under the rug in the early 80's so jewelry stores didn't have to pay a watchmaker to change batteries lobbyied by the big jewelry store chains education for watchmakers went down the tubes. Now that more mechanical high grade watches are being produced than at anytime in history the need for qualified watchmakers is needed more than ever. If any of you out there have a genuine interest in becoming a watchmaker there's no better time, the amount of work out there is generational,and I mean really generational. Okay enough of the soapbox you'all have a nice evenning. Rikki Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Rikki: That all comes with experience and trial and error hopefully more trial than error hehe. You see vintage to me and Bob are the watches we cut our teeth on. We both have serviced more vintage than probably the next 20 guys put together just because we have been around longer. We lost a local watchmaker and friend some months back and he was working full days at 84 years old imagine what he has seen and the advancement and changes in technolgy. I believe Wostep in switzerland has a highend vintage course where they give you 10 projects to complete in 9 months it's pretty intense you're making parts drawing them out lots of machining work. Barbara/Bob Ridley "In light of industry developments we..now require that all spare parts accounts maintain a membership in the American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute (AWCI)....AWCI is currently the only resource for obtaining the new industry-supported Watchmaker Certification, which will become mandatory for all existing Rolex spare parts accounts within the next three years." Since January 2011, AWCI certification is required in order to be eligible for a spare parts accounts. Further requirements exist, involving on-site inspection and equipment specifications. Watchmakers must maintain premium qualifications and shop standards in order to be eligible for a spare parts account. Without this account, a watchmaker cannot purchase genuine Rolex parts directly from Rolex. It is our understanding (in agreement with Rik) that an independent watchmaker with a Rolex account must have approval by Rolex (verified certifications) in order to perform mechanical services to a Rolex watch. Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Barbara/Bob: Bob's perspective is that "most U.S. watchmaker curriculum focuses on current/modern watches (expected within a market-driven industry). This benefits vintage repair, given thoughtful and well-considered application of some newer techniques. Overall, though, vintage repair/restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive. " DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list.
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Real Name: Roy
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Does anyone know if Manuel Chamosa retired? I cannot locate him from American Watchmaker Clockmaker Institute's website.
https://members.awci.com/AWCIWEB/AWC...earchResults=1 Manuel Chamosa, CMW, member AWCI Chamosa Watch Repair (Owner worked for 14 years at the Dallas RSC) 14785 Preston Road # 150 Dallas, TX 75254-7886 (972)404-9177 |
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Bump for more countries and repairers. No changes to this list, just reposting to be at end of thread. As always please ensure you read this disclaimer before choosing to send your prized vintages to your watchmaker of choice!
DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list. ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Global List of Vintage Rolex Servicing centres ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Vintage repair and restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive..Bob Ridley USA ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ East Ernest Tope CMW21 http://watchrestoration.com/Experience.htm Watch Service - service@watchrestoration.com (813) 802-4884 Masterpiece Watch Restoration LLC PO Box 678 Mango, Fl 33550-0678 Rik E. Dietel CW21, member AWCI http://timecareinc.com/ rikki.234@hotmail.com 727-215-8870 Time Care Inc. P.O.Box 7489 Seminole, Florida. 33775 watchrepair.net 1499 Palmetto Park Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33486 (888)876-9282 (561)368-1211 Jeff@watchrepair.net Dominique Wieland PO Box 403 616 East Savidge Street Spring Lake, MI 49456 (800) 237-6398 http://dominiquewieland.com West RSC Contact: Giovanni 210 Post Street, Suite 704-705 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 982-9830 Four Crowns Contact: Shant Der Boghosian *Owned by former Rolex of Beverly Hills employees 608 South Hill Street Suite 1001 (10th Floor) Los Angeles, CA 90014 213-488-3381 office Dalton Toledo, Alex Kohut ABC Watchwerks 635 S. Hill St., Suite 807 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Tel (213) 489-1816 Tom Doan, CW21 D's TIME SERVICE 861 Sixth Ave #219 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel. (619) 696-9464 // dstsvc@gmail.com www.dstimeservice.com Mid West Universal Watch Repair 555 South Old Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI 48009 (248)723-5550 http://www.universalwatch.net/ Fine Swiss Watch Repair Owner: Kent Mikolite 55 E Washington St, Ste 736 (between Wabash Ave & Dearborn St) Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 658-0602 Central Bob Ridley , CW21, member AWCI http://www.watchmakers.com/ Email - bobridley@watchmakers.com (817) 276-1400 - Phone (817) 275-2466 - Fax Manuel Chamosa, CMW, member AWCI Chamosa Watch Repair (Owner worked for 14 years at the Dallas RSC) 14785 Preston Road # 150 Dallas, TX 75254-7886 (972)404-9177 Canada ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Rolex Canada Ltd. Rolex Building 50 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 3B7 416-968-1100 Damiani Jewllers 15 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge, Ont. 905-850-4653 Chonger Authorized Rolex Service Center Location is at HWY 400 and #7 Ont. Australia ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Sydney RSC Sydney Level 39, Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street Sydney 2000. New South Wales Australia. Tel: +61 2 9251 8988 MAX SCHWEIZER SWISS WATCH SERVICE Suite 313 375 George Street Sydney Phone 9290 1469 CARL PARKER PARKER TIME Shop 1, 32 ferry Street, Hunters Hill. Phone 9816 1401 Expert Watch Repair Suite 306, Level 3. 250 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 p: (02) 9261 2229 f: (02) 9283 3405 http://www.watchrepair.com.au Melbourne RSC Melbourne 70 Collins Street Melbourne 3000. Victoria Australia. Tel: +61 3 9654 3988. Ferntree Gully Watch and Clock 117-119 Station Street, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 PH: +61 3 9758 7740 http://http://www.ftgwatch.com.au/ Ask For Phil Gore Canterbury Clocks & Watches 209 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 PH: +61 3 9830 1370 http://http://www.canterburycw.com.au/watches.html Ask For Rory Macdonald UK ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Steve Hale Watch Restoration 33 St. George St. London W1S 2FL Tel: 00 44 207 495 3439 http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk William Rice Woodmansey Beverley Hull East Yorkshire Tel: 00 44 1482 873425 http://www.williamricewatches.com Sweden ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Kristoffer Polblad Infinitum Jewelry & Watches Kungsgatan 5 411 19 Gothenburg Independent but Rolex certified. Specialised in vintage Rolex. http://infinitumsmycken.se/ Is your watchmaker certified? Certification FAQ/Info, listed by contributor Rikki Question @rolexsport: What is the difference between cmw21 and cw21? Answer @Rikki:A CW is Certified Watchmaker and a CMW is a Certified Master Watchmaker. Certifications have been around for a long time this is the newest. Those that had a previous CMW were semi grandfathered in and only had to take 2 parts of the test I took because their CMW from before was more complicated. The AWCI hasn't as of yet put together a completely new CMW21, but they are working on it and as soon as it is ready I will test for that as well, of course after more classes and study. Also to keep your CW or CMW21 you have to take continueing ed courses and accrue between 5 and 7 credits to keep your license current every 5 years. Pretty much like doctors nurses opticians and so forth. Hope that clears it up a bit. Rikki Question @cruvon: What are the pre requisites to take it, for example number of years experience, etc.? Also would be interesting to know what the different subjects the exam covers. Also what's the duration of the Certified Master Watchmaker exam? Answer @Rikki: The 5 disciplines are 4 hour essay written test, 7750 Chronograph, eta automatic, eta quartz, and lathe work cut out a balance fit new one poise and properly center hairspring and oil. The only timed part is the written you have 3 1/2 days to complete the rest. They can induce up to 100 errors in the watches for you to diagnose and repair as well as clean oil adjust and case up. There is no CMW 21 test as of yet just 2 parts of the full test written and the chronograph and I believe you get 2 days to complete. You have to have 3 to 5 years experience to take the test. People coming out of wostep taking the test pass rate is slightly higher maybe 45 percent. So much has changed in the last 5 years alone materials oils quantities that you really have to take the prerequsite courses in order to pass the test. That's about all I got. Best thing I have done for myself and my business. Rikki Question @Cavediver: Hi RIk, Are there any restrictions on how a watchmaker advertises the certifications? For example, can a watchmaker that is certified cw21 or cmw21 have a staff of non certified watchmakers that do the majority of the services while the certified watchmaker mostly does the management part of the business? I figure that is how Rolex operates. Thanks Answer @Rikki: I believe the Rolex service center in Dallas has approximately 40 or so certified watchmakers and about 60 or so watch techs who do most of the grunt work and the certified guys do the final adjusting. I do everything soup to nuts. I believe that Rolex requires anyone who does mechanical work as an Independant be certified not so sure about detailing and case work. My actual title is Rik Dietel CW21 and can use my certification as I see fit for advertising or whatever. There are many stores or workshops where the owner is not even a watchmaker and subs the work out like most of the jewelry stores on the planet. Some of the subs are certified some are not it's up to the consumer to ask and because certifications started to be swept under the rug in the early 80's so jewelry stores didn't have to pay a watchmaker to change batteries lobbyied by the big jewelry store chains education for watchmakers went down the tubes. Now that more mechanical high grade watches are being produced than at anytime in history the need for qualified watchmakers is needed more than ever. If any of you out there have a genuine interest in becoming a watchmaker there's no better time, the amount of work out there is generational,and I mean really generational. Okay enough of the soapbox you'all have a nice evenning. Rikki Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Rikki: That all comes with experience and trial and error hopefully more trial than error hehe. You see vintage to me and Bob are the watches we cut our teeth on. We both have serviced more vintage than probably the next 20 guys put together just because we have been around longer. We lost a local watchmaker and friend some months back and he was working full days at 84 years old imagine what he has seen and the advancement and changes in technolgy. I believe Wostep in switzerland has a highend vintage course where they give you 10 projects to complete in 9 months it's pretty intense you're making parts drawing them out lots of machining work. Barbara/Bob Ridley "In light of industry developments we..now require that all spare parts accounts maintain a membership in the American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute (AWCI)....AWCI is currently the only resource for obtaining the new industry-supported Watchmaker Certification, which will become mandatory for all existing Rolex spare parts accounts within the next three years." Since January 2011, AWCI certification is required in order to be eligible for a spare parts accounts. Further requirements exist, involving on-site inspection and equipment specifications. Watchmakers must maintain premium qualifications and shop standards in order to be eligible for a spare parts account. Without this account, a watchmaker cannot purchase genuine Rolex parts directly from Rolex. It is our understanding (in agreement with Rik) that an independent watchmaker with a Rolex account must have approval by Rolex (verified certifications) in order to perform mechanical services to a Rolex watch. Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Barbara/Bob: Bob's perspective is that "most U.S. watchmaker curriculum focuses on current/modern watches (expected within a market-driven industry). This benefits vintage repair, given thoughtful and well-considered application of some newer techniques. Overall, though, vintage repair/restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive. " DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list.
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Location: Canada
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Hello guys,
Awesome list, thank you for compiling it!!! But I was wondering if someone had a reference in Montréal as I don't wanna have to go all the way to Ontario? If some of you are looking for a great guy in Paris, France, you should reach out to my friend Antoine de Macedo. He is an amazing guy adm-horloger(dot)com as I'm not allowed to post links yet |
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Location: Australia
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Hi, just editing the list as Dalton informed he's no longer at ABC. All rest the same. Do let me know if there are any updates to this list as hasn't been updated in quite a while. Bump for more countries and repairers.
PS: As always please ensure you read this disclaimer before choosing to send your prized vintages to your watchmaker of choice! DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list. ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Global List of Vintage Rolex Servicing centres ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Vintage repair and restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive..Bob Ridley USA ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ East Ernest Tope CMW21 http://watchrestoration.com/Experience.htm Watch Service - service@watchrestoration.com (813) 802-4884 Masterpiece Watch Restoration LLC PO Box 678 Mango, Fl 33550-0678 Rik E. Dietel CW21, member AWCI http://timecareinc.com/ rikki.234@hotmail.com 727-215-8870 Time Care Inc. P.O.Box 7489 Seminole, Florida. 33775 watchrepair.net 1499 Palmetto Park Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33486 (888)876-9282 (561)368-1211 Jeff@watchrepair.net Dominique Wieland PO Box 403 616 East Savidge Street Spring Lake, MI 49456 (800) 237-6398 http://dominiquewieland.com West RSC Contact: Giovanni 210 Post Street, Suite 704-705 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 982-9830 Four Crowns Contact: Shant Der Boghosian *Owned by former Rolex of Beverly Hills employees 608 South Hill Street Suite 1001 (10th Floor) Los Angeles, CA 90014 213-488-3381 office Alex Kohut ABC Watchwerks 635 S. Hill St., Suite 807 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Tel (213) 489-1816 Tom Doan, CW21 D's TIME SERVICE 861 Sixth Ave #219 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel. (619) 696-9464 // dstsvc@gmail.com www.dstimeservice.com Mid West Universal Watch Repair 555 South Old Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI 48009 (248)723-5550 http://www.universalwatch.net/ Fine Swiss Watch Repair Owner: Kent Mikolite 55 E Washington St, Ste 736 (between Wabash Ave & Dearborn St) Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 658-0602 Central Bob Ridley , CW21, member AWCI http://www.watchmakers.com/ Email - bobridley@watchmakers.com (817) 276-1400 - Phone (817) 275-2466 - Fax Manuel Chamosa, CMW, member AWCI Chamosa Watch Repair (Owner worked for 14 years at the Dallas RSC) 14785 Preston Road # 150 Dallas, TX 75254-7886 (972)404-9177 Canada ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Rolex Canada Ltd. Rolex Building 50 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 3B7 416-968-1100 Damiani Jewllers 15 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge, Ont. 905-850-4653 Chonger Authorized Rolex Service Center Location is at HWY 400 and #7 Ont. Australia ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Sydney RSC Sydney Level 39, Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street Sydney 2000. New South Wales Australia. Tel: +61 2 9251 8988 MAX SCHWEIZER SWISS WATCH SERVICE Suite 313 375 George Street Sydney Phone 9290 1469 CARL PARKER PARKER TIME Shop 1, 32 ferry Street, Hunters Hill. Phone 9816 1401 Expert Watch Repair Suite 306, Level 3. 250 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 p: (02) 9261 2229 f: (02) 9283 3405 http://www.watchrepair.com.au Melbourne RSC Melbourne 70 Collins Street Melbourne 3000. Victoria Australia. Tel: +61 3 9654 3988. Ferntree Gully Watch and Clock 117-119 Station Street, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 PH: +61 3 9758 7740 http://http://www.ftgwatch.com.au/ Ask For Phil Gore Canterbury Clocks & Watches 209 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 PH: +61 3 9830 1370 http://http://www.canterburycw.com.au/watches.html Ask For Rory Macdonald UK ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Steve Hale Watch Restoration 33 St. George St. London W1S 2FL Tel: 00 44 207 495 3439 http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk William Rice Woodmansey Beverley Hull East Yorkshire Tel: 00 44 1482 873425 http://www.williamricewatches.com Sweden ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************ Kristoffer Polblad Infinitum Jewelry & Watches Kungsgatan 5 411 19 Gothenburg Independent but Rolex certified. Specialised in vintage Rolex. http://infinitumsmycken.se/ Is your watchmaker certified? Certification FAQ/Info, listed by contributor Rikki Question @rolexsport: What is the difference between cmw21 and cw21? Answer @Rikki:A CW is Certified Watchmaker and a CMW is a Certified Master Watchmaker. Certifications have been around for a long time this is the newest. Those that had a previous CMW were semi grandfathered in and only had to take 2 parts of the test I took because their CMW from before was more complicated. The AWCI hasn't as of yet put together a completely new CMW21, but they are working on it and as soon as it is ready I will test for that as well, of course after more classes and study. Also to keep your CW or CMW21 you have to take continueing ed courses and accrue between 5 and 7 credits to keep your license current every 5 years. Pretty much like doctors nurses opticians and so forth. Hope that clears it up a bit. Rikki Question @cruvon: What are the pre requisites to take it, for example number of years experience, etc.? Also would be interesting to know what the different subjects the exam covers. Also what's the duration of the Certified Master Watchmaker exam? Answer @Rikki: The 5 disciplines are 4 hour essay written test, 7750 Chronograph, eta automatic, eta quartz, and lathe work cut out a balance fit new one poise and properly center hairspring and oil. The only timed part is the written you have 3 1/2 days to complete the rest. They can induce up to 100 errors in the watches for you to diagnose and repair as well as clean oil adjust and case up. There is no CMW 21 test as of yet just 2 parts of the full test written and the chronograph and I believe you get 2 days to complete. You have to have 3 to 5 years experience to take the test. People coming out of wostep taking the test pass rate is slightly higher maybe 45 percent. So much has changed in the last 5 years alone materials oils quantities that you really have to take the prerequsite courses in order to pass the test. That's about all I got. Best thing I have done for myself and my business. Rikki Question @Cavediver: Hi RIk, Are there any restrictions on how a watchmaker advertises the certifications? For example, can a watchmaker that is certified cw21 or cmw21 have a staff of non certified watchmakers that do the majority of the services while the certified watchmaker mostly does the management part of the business? I figure that is how Rolex operates. Thanks Answer @Rikki: I believe the Rolex service center in Dallas has approximately 40 or so certified watchmakers and about 60 or so watch techs who do most of the grunt work and the certified guys do the final adjusting. I do everything soup to nuts. I believe that Rolex requires anyone who does mechanical work as an Independant be certified not so sure about detailing and case work. My actual title is Rik Dietel CW21 and can use my certification as I see fit for advertising or whatever. There are many stores or workshops where the owner is not even a watchmaker and subs the work out like most of the jewelry stores on the planet. Some of the subs are certified some are not it's up to the consumer to ask and because certifications started to be swept under the rug in the early 80's so jewelry stores didn't have to pay a watchmaker to change batteries lobbyied by the big jewelry store chains education for watchmakers went down the tubes. Now that more mechanical high grade watches are being produced than at anytime in history the need for qualified watchmakers is needed more than ever. If any of you out there have a genuine interest in becoming a watchmaker there's no better time, the amount of work out there is generational,and I mean really generational. Okay enough of the soapbox you'all have a nice evenning. Rikki Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Rikki: That all comes with experience and trial and error hopefully more trial than error hehe. You see vintage to me and Bob are the watches we cut our teeth on. We both have serviced more vintage than probably the next 20 guys put together just because we have been around longer. We lost a local watchmaker and friend some months back and he was working full days at 84 years old imagine what he has seen and the advancement and changes in technolgy. I believe Wostep in switzerland has a highend vintage course where they give you 10 projects to complete in 9 months it's pretty intense you're making parts drawing them out lots of machining work. Barbara/Bob Ridley "In light of industry developments we..now require that all spare parts accounts maintain a membership in the American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute (AWCI)....AWCI is currently the only resource for obtaining the new industry-supported Watchmaker Certification, which will become mandatory for all existing Rolex spare parts accounts within the next three years." Since January 2011, AWCI certification is required in order to be eligible for a spare parts accounts. Further requirements exist, involving on-site inspection and equipment specifications. Watchmakers must maintain premium qualifications and shop standards in order to be eligible for a spare parts account. Without this account, a watchmaker cannot purchase genuine Rolex parts directly from Rolex. It is our understanding (in agreement with Rik) that an independent watchmaker with a Rolex account must have approval by Rolex (verified certifications) in order to perform mechanical services to a Rolex watch. Question @cruvon: are there any certifications that especially cater to vintage watches and their restoration (do any of the above mentioned certifications include that?), that would be the icing to the cake since though you'll know how to, many watchmakers out there have no clue about how a vintage watch needs to be handled! Answer @Barbara/Bob: Bob's perspective is that "most U.S. watchmaker curriculum focuses on current/modern watches (expected within a market-driven industry). This benefits vintage repair, given thoughtful and well-considered application of some newer techniques. Overall, though, vintage repair/restoration is as unique a niche as vintage collecting - both require passion for the watches, patient acquisition of the knowledge, and pursuit of the elusive. " DISCLAIMER: While this list serves to collate all vintage watch repairers forumers have possibly dealt with (from fellow forumers comments in the various threads) in one place, it in no way is a measure of the quality/originality of the work they might perform. Please conduct your own due diligence before you send in your beloved watch in for repair by asking questions on the forum, posting pictures, getting references, etc. Also please notify us of any concerns and if the forumers agree I can take them off this list.
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Last thing I remember, I was Running outta sight I had to find the passage back,To the place I was before. ’Relax,’ said this Rolex place,We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave! |
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Bumping this thread for any updates, additions or corrections.
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Location: usa Michigan
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Dominique Wieland hasn't been in operation for awhile. Too bad because there's no other recommended watchmaker around our area.
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