If you got your watch wet and it then stopped, the problem could be rust. If needed, cleaning and oiling runs about $160.00 and up.įor old pocket watches basic cleaning & oiling costs around $200.00 and up. Due to extreme price increases, most mainsprings for pocket watches now cost $80.00 or more installed. A new mainspring costs about $45.00 and up. If it slips too much, the watch won't run very long. The mainspring is designed to slip some so the watch won't over- wind. If the watch crystal (the clear face) has been broken, the cost of repairing is approximately $40.00 and up.Īuto- wind watches have a pendulum in them that moves when the watch is moved. If the watch has been dropped and now won't run, it probably needs a balance staff which can cost anywhere from $75.00 to $300.00, plus cleaning and oiling. If it tells the day or day/date, the cost would be about $160.00 and up for cleaning and oiling plus parts. If your watch tells time only (no day or date) figure about $140.00 and up for basic cleaning and oiling plus parts. Oil leaking onto the hair spring is the most common problem after a watch is cleaned and oiled. If it has been cleaned and oiled recently, oil could have leaked onto the hair spring from the balance jewel, and the watch should be returned under warranty. If it's suddenly fast by hours a day, the hairspring is probably stuck together and sometimes just that needs to be cleaned or put back in position. If your watch has started to tell erratic time it probably needs to be cleaned and oiled. If your pocket watch stops working, a jeweler can easily pop out the old battery and replace it with a new one.If on the face of your watch it says quartz, or you have never wound it, and it it's not an auto- wind watch, please go to the battery powered watch estimate page.
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