The International Watch Company or IWC produce high-quality, luxury watches. While perhaps not as well known as brands like Rolex and Omega, IWC are top quality timepieces and we see many in our workshop – from vintage models passed down as family heirlooms, through to daily wear watches including models like the Portugieser and Portofino….
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Mainspring
We cater for a huge variety of different watches in our workshop – from modern watches through to vintage pieces upwards of 100 years old. While these watches may look very different, they share many things in common, including having a spring – the mainspring – as a source of power. In this blog post…
Continue readingWater Damaged Tag Heuer Restoration
Sometimes watches we work on undergo rather dramatic transformations. One instance where this tends to occur is when dealing with water damage. Water damage occurs when, as the name would suggest, water enters the watch. Sensitive watch movements do not get on well with any moisture – this is one of the reasons why it’s…
Continue readingService and Repair of an Automatic Day-Date Tissot Watch
We see such a huge range of watches in our workshop – from vintage pieces, sometimes over 200 years old, through to modern wristwatches. In this instance we’re working on a more modern watch – a Tissot Couturier. Tissot are one of the bigger names in watches. Established in Le Locle in 1853, Tissot famously…
Continue readingWe are open
As we are now approaching a year of Coronavirus restrictions in one form or another, it feels appropriate to make this next blog post about how we’ve remained open. We’ve continued to repair watches both modern and vintage, all thanks to our fantastic postal repairs service and our wonderful watch repairs team. As you may…
Continue readingWe are still open!
We want to update you all on our current status and to reassure you that we are still very much open and operational despite the recently announced second lockdown. Firsly – Please rest assured – all our watchmakers and watch repairs team take coronavirus safety measures seriously. That means everyone is adhering to the rules…
Continue readingWhy you should get your watch regularly serviced blog post
A phrase we often hear is “my watch has kept going for years and I’ve never had it serviced”. If this is the case, why should a watch be serviced? We’ll concentrate on mechanical watches in this instance, as servicing is a little different when it comes to the majority of quartz watches. It’s important…
Continue readingPressure Test
If you use your watch in or around water we recommend having it checked regularly for water resistance. Our suggestion is to have it checked every 12 months. It’s necessary to do this because water resistance is not a permanent characteristic of a watch. In order to be water resistant, watches use various different types…
Continue readingA week in the life of our workshop
We are all too aware of the challenges facing the world at this time. Our postal watch repair business, though, remains fully operational. This part of our business operates in such a way that there is no face-to-face requirement to meet with customers. This does not mean that our customers receive any less than they…
Continue readingOn-site watch repair service
Due to the ongoing success of our watch repair service, we are delighted to announce that we have an on-site repair workshop at our Lewes showroom. Dan has been trained in watch repair and is currently undertaking further training with the BHI (British Horological Institute) to become further qualified. Dan at work in our Lewes…
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