Watch Repair & Restoration Without the Frustration
Carignan Watch Company specializes in the repair and restoration of vintage, luxury watches for collectors, retailers, and individual watch owners. For over 20 years we have been serving customers in NH’s Lakes Region and around the country from our Belmont, NH shop.
Your most complete watch repair facility. All work done on site! Free estimates by email or phone. Large inventory of parts. Established in 1996. Services: Antique and luxury Watch Repair, Antique Pocket Watch Repair.
Has the maker of your fine watch discontinued service of your model? Has the factory authorized service center told you they cannot repair your watch and will not be able to help you? Have you tried several watchmakers but have yet to get your watch properly repaired? You are not alone. We can help. Contact us today about your broken watch.
We provide exceptional service and complete expertise for fine Swiss watches such as Tag Heuer, Movado, Rolex, Omega, as well as antique watches, wrist or pocket watches. We are a fully insured, independent watch repair shop, and are not authorized by, affiliated with, or endorsed by ANY watch manufacturer, company, or re-seller.
We moved to our new location. Our watch repair shop and micro machine shop are now both at the same place.
We now offer complete “in house” dial refinishing, restoration, and manufacturing.
Get a free dial refinishing estimate
2016
Pritchard Watch Restoration ContestPrize Winner
Award winning service
2016
Pritchard Watch Restoration ContestPrize Winner
Award winning service
Antique & Luxury Watch Repair
We specialize in repairing vintage, luxury watches that have been discontinued and are no longer being serviced by the manufacturer, including Cartier, Baume & Mercier, and more. Learn more.
Antique Pocket Watch Repair
For years, we have been restoring antique, fusee, and high-grade watches, both American and European. Our restoration services are for serious collectors only. Learn more.
We Sell Vintage Watches
From time to time, we have antique and vintage watches for sale. Please send an email stating what you’re looking for.
We Sell Vintage Watch Parts
We have thousands of watch movements and parts in stock and can custom manufacture obsolete and unobtainable parts. Learn more.
Our philosophy
I earned my reputation by providing great service, being honest, helpful, understanding, and constantly striving towards excellence. I treat everyone with the respect they deserve and treat the repair they have with me like it is my own. I would like everyone to feel that they not only found a new watchmaker but also a friend when they begin doing business with me. I am personally concerned about every one of my clients and their satisfaction with my company. This is why my company has done so well and my clients keep returning for all their repairs year after year, referring their friends and relatives.
Yes and no. Estimates by email or phone call are free. When you send in your watch, you’ll need to send it with $50.00. The assistant will open the package and log the watch into the system. The watchmaker will then open the watch to diagnose what is wrong with it. If it needs parts, our assistant will then call our vendors to obtain prices on these parts and finish working up the estimate with the watchmaker. You are then contacted via e-mail or phone call with the formal estimate. If you approve the estimate, we require a 50% deposit by check or cash. Balance due can be paid with a credit card when services are completed. If you decline the repairs, we will keep the $50.00 evaluation fee and return your watch.
Our average turnaround time from when we receive the watch to its completion is currently running at 3-8 weeks.
Price depends on a number of variables. We will give some examples. These are only examples. To be absolutely sure what it will cost to repair YOUR watch, the watchmaker needs to open it and see what is broken, not working (gummed up), etc.
- Clean, oil, and regulation of a simple mechanical watch: $390-490.00
- Clean, oil, and regulation of a more complicated watch: $490.00+
- Clean, oil, and regulation of a multi-function/chronograph watch: $890.00+
- Clean, oil, and regulation of a complicated auto chronograph $890.00+
- Clean, oil, and regulation of a Fusee watch $1300.00+
- Clean, oil, and regulation of complicated watches, such as repeaters, grand complications, perpetual calendars,Etc. $1900.00+
- Custom-made parts: Labor is $175 per hour.
- Basic bench-work: Labor is $125 per hour
- Dial refinishing: $230 minimum
*Other complications, age, rarity, etc. all affect cost.
We no longer perform single services. For example, you only need a crystal. We would only replace a crystal when servicing the watch.
No, we do NOT perform appraisals. We do not carry appraisal insurance.
If you’re just curious about what your watch might be selling for, look up SOLD auction listings.
Any information you submit to us is not sold. Period. It is not given out either. You may occasionally receive e-mails about sales, a new service, new products, etc. We do conduct e-mail advertising.
If you send your watch to us for service, our assistant will open your package and log your watch and all of your info into the system. The watchmaker will then open the watch to diagnose what is wrong with it. If it needs parts, our assistant will then call our vendors to obtain prices on these parts and finish working up the estimate with the watchmaker. You are then contacted via e-mail or phone call with the estimate. If you approve the estimate, we require a 50% deposit by check or cash. Balance due can be paid with a credit card when services are completed. If you decline the repairs, we will keep the $50.00 evaluation fee and return your watch.
If you are local and we email or call, please make an appointment. All others, we email the invoice, which can be paid by card via our payment website. As stated on the invoice in red lettering, 1.5% is charged 30 days from date of invoice. We are not responsible for items left for over 60 days. This means from the time your item has been invoiced, not the total time we have had your timepiece.
There will be a $40.00 service fee on all returned checks.
That’s up to you. If it were to ever get lost by the shipping facility you would need to make a claim. To receive any monies for the loss, I believe the facility would ask you if you purchased insurance. Please consult the appropriate shipping facilities’ guidelines for details.
We usually use the United States Postal Service or FedEx, with insurance. Recipient signature will be required upon delivery, per our insurance company’s requirement.