Pricing
Investment starting at $199
Repair Time
Varies Per Service After Approval
SERVICES
Conversions, Overhauls, & Calibrations
Specialty
Swiss-Standard & Vintage Sourcing
Professional Watch Movement Overhaul Services
Restore the heartbeat of your most cherished timepieces. Mechanical watches are highly intricate machines; over time, internal lubricants dry out, gears grind, and timekeeping accuracy fails. Connecting watch enthusiasts nationwide directly to our state-of-the-art ISO clean rooms, our Swiss-trained Watchmakers provide comprehensive movement overhauls. We perform complete disassembly, ultrasonic gear cleaning, precise re-oiling, and authorized recalibration, delivering factory-level mechanical restoration with fully insured convenience.
Watch Movement Overhaul Pricing & Expert Services
Manual (Wind-Up)
Movements
Starting at $399
Automatic (Kinetic)
Movements
Starting at $299
Quartz (Electric Powered)
Movements
Starting at $199
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Swiss-Certified Watch Repair Experts
Certifications & Industry Associations
Performing a complete mechanical overhaul requires world-class horological expertise. Our Watchmaking facility is staffed by Swiss-trained Certified Watchmakers who bring decades of elite bench experience to every complex caliber. Rigorously trained in complete movement disassembly, microscopic parts sourcing, and precision calibration, our artisans possess the rare technical skills required to safely restore your luxury timepieces. By entrusting your mechanical watches to our certified experts, you ensure your heirloom is returned to factory-spec accuracy.
Secure Nationwide Mail-In Watch Movement Repair
How Our Process Works
At our Watch Repair Service Center, Certified Watchmakers perform comprehensive movement overhauls using state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and NASA-level ISO 7 and ISO 8 clean rooms. Rather than risking your timepiece in an uncontrolled local shop environment, your delicate mechanical gears and chronographs will be handled with the utmost security, ensuring the internal movement is completely protected from microscopic dust right here in our centralized facility.
1 – Place a Request
2 – Send Your Item In
3 – Receive a Quote
4 – We Restore Your Item
5 – Receive Your Restored Item
Premier Craftsmanship for Every Watch Movement
From Maintenance to Restoration
A complete watch movement overhaul is much like rebuilding a high-performance sports car engine. A simple “service” might just change the oil, but an overhaul involves completely stripping the engine down to its individual bolts. Our Certified Watchmakers meticulously disassemble every single gear and spring in your watch, ultrasonically clean the raw components to remove dried, decades-old lubricants, and meticulously reassemble the caliber with synthetic Moebius oils to guarantee a lifetime of frictionless precision.
Complete Caliber
Disassembly
A true overhaul leaves no stone unturned. Unlike a standard service where a watchmaker might simply adjust a single timing screw, an overhaul requires our artisans to dismantle your watch down to the bare mainplate.
Every single microscopic gear, jewel, pinion, and spring (often over 100 individual parts) is carefully removed and cataloged. This allows our Watchmakers to inspect every component under high magnification for worn teeth, rust, or metal fatigue that could cause the watch to stop running.
NASA-Level
ISO Clean Rooms
A single speck of dust or a microscopic textile fiber can completely jam a watch movement. To prevent this, our facility features custom-built NASA-level ISO 7 and ISO 8 clean rooms in our Watch Repair Service Center.
These highly pressurized, strictly controlled environments filter out airborne particles, ensuring that your watch movement is reassembled in absolute purity. This is the exact same environmental standard utilized by the world’s premier luxury watch manufacturing houses in Switzerland.
Ultrasonic Cleaning &
Moebius Lubrication
Over the years, the oils inside a mechanical watch dry into a sticky paste, causing the gears to grind against one another. Once your watch is disassembled, the raw components are placed into specialized ultrasonic cleaning tanks that blast away decades of hardened grime.
During reassembly, our Swiss-trained technicians apply specialized synthetic Moebius oils. Using microscopic oilers, they apply exact measurements of lubricant to the jewel bearings and escapement, drastically reducing friction and extending the mechanical life of your timepiece.
Rigorous Timing
& Calibration
Once reassembled and oiled, the watch is placed on a highly sensitive electronic timing machine (a timegrapher). This machine measures the “heartbeat” of the watch, allowing our technicians to meticulously adjust the beat error and amplitude of the balance wheel.
We test the watch across multiple physical positions (face up, face down, on its side) to ensure gravity does not negatively affect its accuracy, guaranteeing it runs perfectly whether it is sitting on a desk or strapped to your moving wrist.
Navigating Horological Maintenance
Because a complete movement overhaul involves entirely rebuilding the internal mechanics of your watch, it is critical to determine if your timepiece requires a full restoration or simply routine maintenance.
Review our routing list below to find the exact level of service your watch requires:
Choosing the Right Service for Your Timepiece
- Movement Overhauls (This Page): Complete disassembly of the caliber down to the mainplate, ultrasonic gear cleaning, synthetic lubrication, and rigorous timing calibration.
- Standard Movement Servicing: Routine diagnostic maintenance, regulating the balance wheel, and adjusting the escapement for watches that are simply running slightly fast or slow.
- Watch Polishing & Exterior Detailing: Exterior cosmetic restoration utilizing lapping machines to remove deep scratches from the stainless steel case and bracelet.
- Battery Replacement & Resealing: Quick, secure battery replacements for quartz models, including full gasket replacement and water-pressure testing.
The 5-Step Overhaul Protocol
Executing a mechanical overhaul within our facility follows a strict 5-step technical protocol. First, upon arrival, your timepiece is logged into a secure tracking system with diagnostic photography. In our specialized lab, Certified Watchmakers evaluate the caliber, check for magnetized parts, and assess the availability of genuine replacement components before issuing a digital estimate.
Once approved, the watch enters our ISO clean room for complete disassembly and ultrasonic cleaning. Our artisans then meticulously reassemble the movement, applying synthetic lubricants to the gear train and escapement. The watch is then subjected to rigorous electronic timing calibration across multiple positions. Finally, the restored timepiece undergoes a 48-hour power reserve test and water-pressure certification before being safely returned via trackable domestic shipping.
Examples of Our Expert Watch Overhaul Repairs
By the Craftsmen of My Jewelry Repair
Secure Nationwide Watch Movement Overhaul Services
Delivered to Your Door
Experience the convenience of professional, mail-in watch restoration without ever leaving home. At My Jewelry Repair, our Certified Watchmakers provide comprehensive diagnostics and precision restoration in our world-class facilities. Enjoy peace of mind with our flexible, fully protected mailing process, which includes free standard shipping* and a variety of insured plans to safeguard your valuables.
* Please note: Partnered Stores/Manufacturers may set their own shipping and insurance requirements.
Have Watch Movement Overhaul Questions?
A “service” is typically diagnostic maintenance—adjusting the timing, regulating the balance wheel, or replacing a battery. An “overhaul” is a complete mechanical rebuild. It requires dismantling the entire watch down to its individual screws, ultrasonically cleaning all the parts, re-lubricating the gears, and putting it entirely back together.
Because of the intense labor involved, a complete mechanical overhaul for a standard quartz movement starts at $199.00, while automatic (self-winding) mechanical movements start at $299.00. Complex calibers, such as chronographs or vintage watches requiring rare sourced parts, will vary in price. We always provide a transparent, digital quote for your approval.
For most luxury mechanical and automatic watches, manufacturers recommend a complete movement overhaul every 5 to 7 years. If you notice your watch consistently losing or gaining significant time, stopping overnight, or if you feel a grinding sensation when winding the crown, it is time for an overhaul.
Yes. Our Professional Parts Sourcing Team is dedicated to finding accurate, genuine components. Because of our long-standing industry presence, we hold authorized accounts and direct access to parts from major luxury manufacturers, ensuring your watch is restored with original factory integrity.
A true watch overhaul is a meticulous process. Once your digital estimate is approved and any genuine replacement parts are received, the active bench work is typically completed within a week. However, the watch must then undergo a mandatory 48 to 72 hours of rigorous accuracy and power-reserve testing before it is cleared to ship.
Yes. Every domestic shipment through our platform includes trackable carrier shipping with customizable insurance options. You can declare the exact value of your luxury timepiece or vintage heirloom to ensure it is fully protected from the moment it leaves your hands until safely returned to your door.
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Precision Watch Overhauls, Delivered Nationwide
Properly overhauling a high-end mechanical movement requires NASA-level clean rooms, specialized electronic timegraphers, and Swiss-trained Watchmakers. Instead of settling for local repair shops that lack the clean-room environments necessary to protect your movement from microscopic dust, watch enthusiasts across the nation rely on My Jewelry Repair. We combine seamless online mail-in convenience with master-level horological craftsmanship. Operating across all 50 states, our secure US logistics network delivers your failing timepieces directly to the Certified Watchmakers in our central facility.
Serving All 50 States
from Coast to Coast
Sending your luxury timepiece for a mechanical overhaul within the United States is safe and effortless. Our nationwide mail-in platform provides fully insured, trackable shipping labels to protect your items throughout transit. Whether you need a vintage mechanical watch restored or a modern automatic chronograph recalibrated, our central Watch Repair Service Center offers direct access to elite Watchmakers, regardless of your location.
Why Choose Mail-In
Over a Local Watchmaker?
Local drop-off counters routinely lack ISO-certified clean rooms, forcing them to open your watch in dusty environments or outsource the work to third-party labs. At our centralized facility, Certified Watchmakers evaluate your caliber, source genuine parts, and execute the entire overhaul in-house under strict environmental controls without ever outsourcing your precious timepiece.