Vintage watch restoration · Ghent · since 2011
Old dials,
relit.
We service mechanical watches made between 1940 and 1985 — movements rebuilt to factory tolerance, crystals and gaskets replaced, and lume restored by hand to match the patina the dial already earned.
The six stages
Ten days at the bench, one watch at a time.
Nothing is batched. A watch is opened, finished and closed before the next tray comes out of the safe.
- 01
Intake & photography
Every part is photographed before a screw turns, so the watch goes back exactly as it was signed.
1 day - 02
Teardown
The movement is taken down to 120-odd parts, laid out on a numbered tray, and inspected under 10× for wear.
4 hours - 03
Clean & rebuild
Ultrasonic baths, pegwood on every jewel, new mainspring, five oils placed by hand where the factory chart says.
2 days - 04
Relume
Hands and plots are matched to the dial’s own patina in a sample card first. Never brighter than the watch remembers.
1 day - 05
Regulate
Timed in six positions over five days on the timegrapher, then adjusted until the spread sits inside ±4 s/d.
5 days - 06
Case, crystal, return
Gaskets, a domed crystal cut to the bezel, a pressure test to 5 bar, and a written report with the readings.
1 day
From the ledger · Q3 2026
Recently returned.
Bench slots open each quarter.
Next intake: 6 January 2027. Tell us the reference, the year and what it is doing wrong — we reply with an estimate within a week.
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