Skeleton watch movement under magnification
Mechanical watch atelier · movements by hand

Time, taken
apart and set right.

We build, restore and regulate mechanical watches at the bench — every wheel cleaned, every jewel seated, every beat timed by hand until it keeps true.

What the eye alone cannot see

A whole world
under the loupe.

A movement is smaller than a coin and holds a hundred parts. Nothing is judged by the naked eye — the loupe goes in, and the train, the escapement and the balance are read one at a time. Scroll, and pass the glass across the work.

The loupe · ×10
Mainspring & barrelpower
The gear trainwheels
The escapementanchor
The balancebeat
Dial & handsface
loupe · ×10 magnification · jewelled bearings read one by one · beat error timed on the machine · nothing signed off by eye
Watchmaker at the bench
What the eye alone cannot see
Servicing

Stripped, cleaned, and timed.

01

Strip down

The movement comes fully apart — bridges lifted, wheels out, jewels checked. Every part is logged before a thing is touched.

02

Clean and inspect

Parts pass through the cleaning baths and back under the loupe. Worn pivots, tired mainsprings and cracked jewels are found and replaced, never bodged.

03

Reassemble and oil

Rebuilt in order, each bearing oiled to the right grade in the right amount. Too much oil is as wrong as too little; the loupe decides.

04

Regulate

On the timing machine the beat is read and the balance adjusted until rate, amplitude and beat error sit true across the positions. Then it is worn and watched.

Recent work

Work that left keeping time.

Restorations and services — vintage calibres, pocket watches and full overhauls.

Chronograph overhaul
column-wheel calibre · full service
2024
Pocket watch restoration
fusee movement · re-jewelled
2023
Automatic service
rotor bearing · new mainspring
2023
Balance staff
broken staff replaced · re-poised
2022
Dial restoration
relume · refinished by hand
2022
Commission, private
movement to your brief
2021
The watch atelier
The atelier

One watch at a time.

We are an independent watch atelier. We do not batch work — a movement stays on the workbench, in its own tray, from strip-down to final timing, and leaves only when it keeps time across the positions. We service vintage and modern mechanical watches, restore pocket watches, and take on bench commissions. Every job is timed on the machine and signed off by hand.

Commission & service

Bring us the watch.

Tell us the calibre and what it is doing — we will quote the service and a turnaround.

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