looking for information on your favorite watch? where else better to look,? the internet right? well maybe , and then again , maybe not. please keep these few things in mind when visiting "helpful", or "informational"  websites.

1. first of all, anyone can start a website and claim to be an expert. -  the internet has no ruling body that verifies the information they give you. internet sites about space aliens can be just as valid as watch websites.

2. everyone has an agenda. we have an agenda. -  its to sell watches and repair and restore the items we have a passion for. however, many collector pages that claim to be "just for the collector" and not a business has their own reasons for operating the site, and its not always what you think. 

3.incorrect information , repeated enough, becomes the gospel. - because many people take one websites work and information as being fact without checking it, they freely add it to their own website. done often enough people stop asking if its true.( THE WIKIPEDIA DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY MESS COMES TO MIND)

4. groups , associations, and clubs always have  bad apples. - while we would like to believe that most collector groups are honest , some of the worst criminals we have delt with in the watch world have been "fine upstanding members" of some of the most illustrious watch groups known. 

WATCH PURISTS AND THE THEORY OF IMMACULATE REPAIR.... 

IN WATCH COLLECTING, THERE IS A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT SAYS WATCHES SHOULD NEVER BE REPAIRED UNLESS THE PARTS USED ARE "NEW OLD STOCK", I.E. IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGES FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THESE "PURISTS" AS THEY LIKE TO BE CALLED , CLAIM THAT SWITCHING PARTS FROM ONE WATCH TO ANOTHER, EVEN IF THEY WERE MASS PRODUCED AND ARE EXACTLY THE SAME MODEL, IS INHERENTLY WRONG AND RUINS THE WATCH. THEREFORE, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT IF NEW OLD STOCK PARTS ARENT AVAILABLE, THE WATCH WOULD HAVE TO REMAIN UNREPAIRED TO REMAIN ORIGINAL AND STILL HAVE VALUE.  ----  

OUR POSITION -

1. FIRST OF ALL, NEW OLD STOCK PARTS ARE ALMOST NON EXISTANT FOR MANY WATCHES. THIS WOULD MEAN IF YOUR WATCH BREAKS, YOU HAVE A REALLY NEAT PAPERWEIGHT !!! (JUST WHAT YOU BOUGHT FOR , RIGHT?)

2. WE DONT CONDONE THE BREAKING DOWN OF RUNNING WATCHES IN GOOD CONDITION FOR PARTS. WE ARE HERE TO RESTORE WATCHES, NOT DESTROY THEM. THE PARTS WE SALVAGE COME FROM WATCHES THAT ARE ALREADY TOO FAR GONE TO BE COMPLETELY RESTORED.

3. WE ONLY USE PARTS FROM EXACTLY THE SAME MODELS. EXAMPLE- WE DONT PUT HANDS FROM A SCOTTY ON A POCKET BEN. WE ALSO WONT PUT A MOVEMENT FROM 1953 IN A WATCH MADE IN 1960.

4.WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? IS A NEW STAFF, HANDMADE BY A WATCHMAKER O.K., OR IS IT TECHNICALLY NOT ORIGINAL AND THEREFORE RUINS THE WATCHES VALUE? IF A MAINSPRING IS SWISS MADE, BUT FITS AN AMERICAN MADE WATCH, IS IT CONSIDERED FLAWED? IF YOU BUY A GROUP OF NEW OLD STOCK JEWELS IN A PACKAGE, CAN YOU BE 100% SURE THEY WERENT USED IN ANOTHER WATCH AT ONE TIME?

5. MOST WATCHES MADE DURING THE TURN OF THE CENTURY WERE NOT SOLD COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED, BUT RATHER WERE SOLD AS MOVEMENTS, DIALS, AND CASES, INDIVIDUALLY. THEREFORE, WHOS TO SAY WHAT IS "CORRECT" FOR THE MODEL?  IS THAT HUNTING MOVEMENT IN AN OPEN CASE REALLY A RECASE OR DID THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER LIKE THE SIDEWINDER LOOK? CAN ANYONE PROVE IT?

6.WE STRIVE TO KEEP OUR WATCHES AS ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT USING SAME MODEL PARTS IS ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU BELIEVE OTHERWISE, PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BUY FROM US.        

THE GREAT FAKE DIAL DEBACLE OF 2007 !!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO TROLL MANY OF THE WEB FORUMS ABOUT DOLLAR WATCHES, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE POSTINGS ABOUT FAKE DIALS ON DOLLAR WATCHES. A WHILE AGO , WE SOLD A GROUP OF SIX OF THESE WATCHES WITH REPRODUCTION DIALS FOR A COLLECTOR LIQUIDATING HIS COLLECTION. ( OUR AUCTIONS CLEARLY STATED THEY WERE REPRODUCTION DIALS.) SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN UNREASONABLY PERSECUTED FOR SELLING THESE ITEMS. WHILE THERE ARE LITERALLY DOZENS OF SELLERS OFFERING THESE ITEMS ON ONLINE AUCTIONS AT ALL TIMES, BECAUSE OF OUR HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE NAME, WE BECAME THE PERFECT TARGET FOR ALL OF WHAT IS WRONG ON EBAY. IT BECAME NECCESSARY TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THESE PARTIES IN ORDER TO REMOVE THESE UNJUSTIFIED POSTS. THESE SAME PARTIES SELL REPRODUCTION CLOCK DIALS ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE. ( SEE OUR SECTION ON "AGENDAS") BECAUSE OF THIS WE FEEL ITS NECCESSARY TO STATE OUR POSITION ON THESE WATCHES WITH  NON ORIGINAL DIALS.-

1. AS A COLLECTOR WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN COLLECTING THEM, HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT IF OTHERS ENJOY THESE WATCHES FOR WHATEVER REASON , THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUY AND COLLECT THEM.

2. AS A SELLER, WE WILL NOT OFFER ANY OF THESE WATCHES FOR SALE, HERE OR ON ONLINE AUCTIONS.

3. AS A SELLER, WE DO NOT CONDONE THE MAKING, SELLING, OR PROMOTING OF THESE WATCHES AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING NON ORIGINAL REPRODUCTION DIALS. ( THE "EXPERTS" PREFER FAKE OR FANTASY DIALS, WHICHEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT) 

4. AS A SELLER, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE BUYERS WHO PURCHASED ONE OF THESE SIX WATCHES FROM US , AND FEEL THAT WE MISLED YOU WITH THE TERM "REPRODUCTION DIAL", WE WILL HAPPILY TAKE THE WATCH BACK WITH A FULL REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. 

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH !!!!!!!!

WE OFFER THIS PARABLE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO UNDERSTAND EXAMPLES BETTER THAN  COMPLICATED STATEMENTS.

ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, PRIOR TO MEETING US, OWNED A VERY NICE  COLLECTABLE DOLLAR WATCH FROM JUST AFTER THE  TURN OF THE CENTURY. THE DIAL HAD A LITTLE KNOWN NAME ON IT. IN ORDER TO DECIDE A VALUE, THEY POSTED PICTURES OF THE WATCH ON A WEB SITE OPERATED BY A NATIONAL CLUB. THE RESPONSE FROM THE "EXPERTS" , WAS THE ITEM WAS OF LITTLE VALUE, ABOUT $20.00. ( THEY ALSO GAVE AN INCORRECT MAKER FOR THE WATCH) THE CUSTOMER SOLD THE WATCH TO ANOTHER COLLECTOR, ONLY TO SEE IT SOLD ON EBAY BY A MEMBER OF THAT SAME ORGINIZATION FOR OVER $400.00 !! 

BE INFORMED!!

the roll of the dice, or " but i got a great deal" parradox.

more and more, we are running into buyers who have forgone buying from us and have tried their hand at "rolling the dice" on online auctions.  the general theory is this. "why pay $39.00 or more for a watch from you when i can bid on two or three watches for about the same price?" the problem is this -  while you may get one  that runs out of the group, rarely do they keep time or work for any length of time. most often, they end up sending them to us for repair or service.  keep in mind , just because it looks like a deal, doesnt mean it is!