Character

I don't do restoration as such.  I work to repair and stabilize antiques, so that they are in good shape, will last, and can be enjoyed for what they are, as they are, by their current caretakers, and by generations to come.  When working with a watch that belonged to someone's grandparent, or great grandparent, I like to think that the result is something like what that person would recall, when the timepiece was in use.

Here's a pocketwatch has an awful lot of character.  It looks like someone's old friend.  A watch is a personal item, connected to a life history is to be honored and treated with respect.  We can only imagine the things such a watch has seen.

This is a 12 size, 7 jewel timepiece, made about 1925.