The Vintage Watch Restoration Journey

Welcome to my space where I detail my vintage watch restoration process while offering useful observations, advice and tips for fellow watchmakers or those who might be thinking about giving watchmaking a try.

This content is organized below into several different sections covering various stages or aspects of the end-to-end restoration process.

Note: links to pending content are greyed out.

Close-up of a watch movement mechanism with gears and metal components in a clamp, with tweezers.

Stop 1: Watch Movement Servicing and Restoration

Close-up of a mechanical watch movement with a small instrument applying oil to the gears.

Stop 2: Watch Tuning and Regulation

A hand holding a watch case near a polishing machine with a rotating wheel.

Stop 3: Watch Case Restoration

Feedback Welcome!

If you are a watchmaker, and you have a correction, disagreement, or additional information that you’d like to share, please let me know! I’m open to feedback and happy to make revisions, and I’d love this content to be an expression of collective wisdom from the watchmaking community (rather than just my own thoughts).