This site is sponsored and maintained as a free service to assist watchmakers in locating obsolete repair parts. The site is open to anyone who wishes to use it, however it is intended for the professional repairer. With that thought in mind, please try to be complete and specific with parts requests.
If you are unsure about properly identifying the part, use the illustration listings under help. Also look at this resource page
In order to be useful this site needs to be widely publicized. If you find this service useful, please tell your watchmaking colleagues. Success depends on having a large number of participants Thanks.
In order to use this service, simply list your part request on the "Search Form" page; describing the part accurately. Be sure to include your e-mail address. Your request will be forwarded to the web site administrator to be posted to the "Contents" page. Please be patient; requests are not always posted immediately, but as time permits.
Those with stocks of obsolete parts are urged to view the list on a regular basis. Anyone who is able to furnish a part may contact the requester privately, e-mail addresses are posted, and make the necessary financial arrangements.
This is a free site. Its purpose is simply to offer a clearing house to put the requesters and potential suppliers together. The motive for creating this site is to foster a cooperative atmosphere among the watchmakers of the world, and to make life a bit simpler for those of us engaged in the repair of vintage watches. Even though this is a U.S. based web site, it is open to the world and is viewed in over 60 countries across the world.
Please limit your posts to requests for specific parts or tools related to watchmaking.
Generic posts, such as "I buy Howard parts.", which can never be completely fulfilled, are discouraged and will not be posted. This site is free and any attempts to commercialize it by posting offers to buy quantities of movements, unspecified parts, or other related items will not be posted.
Please be specific and as accurate as possible. Posts searching for parts which are listed by dial names rather than the actual ebauche (movement) manufacturer will not likely be fulfilled simply because they are virtually impossible to identify. Very often, in the case of Swiss watches, and even some American watches, the name on the dial does not necessarily indicate the movement manufacturer. Posts for movement parts must include a manufacturer and caliber number
There is no selling. Posts of items for sale will not be listed. The web is already well populated with sites for selling. Additionally this site should not be viewed as a competitor to the established watch material suppliers. The watch material suppliers are of paramount importance to our trade and every effort should be made to support them. This site is intended to provide a possible source for parts which are unavailable through the regular supply channels. Try your material supplier first; it will probably be faster and cheaper.
Thanks to everyone for your support!
Links to Other Horological Sites of Interest
Repairers
www.pocketwatchrepair.com
Renaissance Watch Repair: Specializing
in the repair, restoration and preservation of fine vintage
timepieces.
www.nevadawatchrepair.com
Nevada Watch Repair: Modern, Antique, and Vintage
watches professionally serviced in Carson City, Nevada. One
year guarantee on all work. Located inside
Capital Jewelers - accepting
mail orders.
www.pawatchmaker.com
Cerullo Watch Repair: Repair, service and restoration of modern, vintage and antique watches. Professional Service, Affordable Prices.
www.pocketwatchsite.com
Pocket Watch Site: Specializing
in American pocket watch sales, repairs, and a ton of information!
www.circadianwatch.com
Circadian Watch: Repair of Vintage
Timepieces.
www.usawatchservice.com
usawatchservice.com: Certified master
watchmaker specializing in high grade Swiss watch repair.
Professional and personalized watch repair you can trust.
www.thewatchtech.com
The Watch Tech: Specializing in
the Service, Repair and Sale of Vintage Pocket and Wrist
Watches.
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute Referral Directory to locate repair shops in your local area.
Materials and Tools Dealers
www.dashto.com
Dashto Horological Services: This is an
excellent source for used watch movements, vintage
Swiss, Japanese and American watch parts, as well as
used watchmaker's tools.
http://www.ernst-westphal.de
Ernst Westphal: A source in
Germany for vintage
Swiss parts. The web site is in German and English, but
they are also able to communicate in French, and Spanish
as well.
www.julesborel.com
Jules Borel and Co.: Borel is a watch
material dealer located in Kansas City, MO. The
Borel web site is certainly one of the best for
identifying vintage parts and for interchange
information if one understands how the search function
works.
www.mccawcompany.com
The William S. McCaw Co.: McCaw is a
watch material dealer located in Toledo, OH. In
addition to a wide range of watch parts, and tools,
they also have an excellent crystal fitting service.
www.ofrei.com
Otto Frei: Frei is a watch material
dealer in Oakland CA. Frei has a very well
illustrated web site, which can provide learning
opportunities for beginners.
www.casker.com
CasKer Co.: CasKer is one of the largest
watch material dealers in the U.S. with a large web
site which features access to material often difficult
to obtain because of manufacturers restrictive
practices. Need a Patek Philip crown?
CasKer has it for only $250--solid gold of course.
www.vintagewatchmarket.com
Vintage Watch Market: For
vintage and obsolete new old stock tools and Swiss material
chronograph, dials, hands, cases, movement parts, pivot caps,
pendant bushes, and much more). If you do not find what you are looking
for listed on their website, contact them. They have thousands of
unlisted items, and requests are welcomed.
www.obsoletewatchandclockparts.com
ObsoleteWatchandClockparts.com: A good selection of new
old stock, hard to find, or obsolete watch parts.
Horological Associations
www.bhi.co.uk
British Horological Institute
www.awci.com
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
www.nawcc.org
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
News and Discussion Groups
www.timezone.com
Time Zone
watchmakingblog.com
Tick Talk —
Let’s talk about things that tick. And the things that
make me tick. It’s not always about watches, but I am a
watchmaker so lots of it centers around watches and
watchmaking.
Museums
www.klokhus.nl/index_eng.htm
Clocksite Klokhus: Welcome to Klokhus site
about Clocks, Watches and Museums in the World