Father & Son Precision Time

Father & Son Clock Repair Watch Repair Harrisonburg Serving the Shenandoah Valley http://google.com/search?q=Harrisonburg Father & Son Watch Repair Clock Repair Harrisonburg

Serving the Shenandoah Valley

Harrisonburg, Virginia

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“Where Quality Craftsmanship Is A Family Tradition” Since 1977

“Corrie’s Corner”

 Watchmaker & Clockmaker

Author of “The Hiding Place”

Corrie ten Boom

Atmos LeCoultre

The Swiss clock that winds itself from changes in Temperature and Barometric Pressure

Wooden Gear Clock Repair

Service Rates

We offer endless rope splicing and a variety of custom machined parts to other shops

“Let’s Tumble!”

Clocks, Watches, Music Boxes

Repair * Restoration * Conservation 

Including Wooden Gear, Cuckoo, 400-Day Anniversary Clocks and Other Old Mechanical “Stuff”

Specializing in repair of electric clocks

( Barr, Poole, Hammond, Bulle, et. al )

Featuring service for antique floor clocks made by

Durfee · Bawo & Dotter · Waltham · Waterbury · Herschede

Contemporary clocks by Howard Miller · Ridgeway

Sligh · Emperor · King Arthur · Pearl and others

We purchase clock and watch estate tools & inventory

Precision Machining Services

We welcome trade work and work shipped in

“This doctor makes house calls”

If you’re looking for a “bucket dunker & swisher”

for your clock or watch, you’ll not find him here. 

Just as there are no shortcuts to success,

likewise there are no shortcuts to good repair techniques. 

Why settle for less?  Click here for the answer

”We have no argument with the man who charges less. 

He alone knows the value of his work.”

"Good, better, best, never let it rest,

until your good is better,

and your better is your best."  --

John Furphy

Junghans Elephant Swing

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Since 1977, Father & Son Precision Time has the experience in conservation, repairing, restoring and refinishing all types of antique clocks, watches and music boxes including:

Ansonia, Atmos, Benrus, Bawo & Dotter, Bulova, Chelsea, Durfee, Dutch Clocks, Edison, Elgin, Eli-Terry, Elliott, Elmer O. Stennes, General Electric, Herschede Tubular Bell, Hermle, Howard Miller, Illinois, Ingersoll, Ingraham, Kieninger, Karl Griesbaum, Mauthe, New Haven, Odo, Reuge, Revere, Ridgeway, Sangamo, Seth Thomas, Sligh, Stickley, Staartklok, Standklok, Stoelklok, Telechron, Urgos, Victor, Waltham, Waterbury, Welch, Wooden Gear Clocks, Wuersch, Zaandam, Most Electric Clocks, plus many more!

Free Estimates 

Our estimate is for fine quality workmanship. We are not cheap, but our work lasts! All repairs carry our ONE-YEAR limited warranty for actual work performed on the timepiece movement, exclusive of time-keeping adjustments, leveling, damage from tampering, shock, abuse, or environmental conditions which contribute to corrosion and wear. Additional service calls to your home are exclusive of the repair warranty, however, you are charged only for travel; only the actual work performed on the timepiece is warranted.

No item is fully warranted unless we have cleaned and restored the movement. If it had to be oiled to get it running, we cannot guarantee its running order. It will probably need cleaning and rebuilding within a couple of years.

Finally, be willing to wait to have the work done and to allow for proper testing and adjusting.   This could be from a few weeks to a few months, depending upon the extent of services required.

Please appreciate that good craftsmanship requires proper workshop facilities, security, complete and well maintained machinery, and, above all, craftsmen who have earned the right to realistic compensation for restoring your precious heirloom.  Remember, timepieces and other mechanical antiques are the only mechanisms still operating many hundreds of years after being made. They are living testimony to man's ingenuity and integrity. They are the earliest examples of automation and the precursors of many of today's conveniences that we take for granted.

Estimates are provided to the extent possible with any antique mechanism. Receipts are given; you will be treated in a professional manner; and all questions will be answered knowledgeably. We maintain a policy of strict confidentiality to protect your privacy and security.

Some Of Our Restorations include:

• Wall Clocks and Regulators
• Watches (especially old pocket and wrist watches)
• Electric Clocks of All Types
• Cuckoo & Mantle Clocks
• American Made Clocks
• French and European Clocks
• Wooden Gear Clocks
• Mechanical “Stuff” (Old Toys, Tools, Automaton)

Our Expert Repair Services Include:

A complete and thorough cleaning (ultrasonic), professional installation of Swiss-made bushings/jewels (if needed) plus all other necessary repair work and adjustments.

Keeping Your Heirloom Original:

Father & Son Precision Time firmly believes in maintaining the value and originally of your Heirloom.

We replace parts only when absolutely necessary and if needed, we have the ability to 'age' new parts – such as finials, clock feet and other decorative ornaments in order to give them the 'antique' or more original look.

We also have the ability to hand craft missing or broken parts if replacement parts are no longer available.

Protecting Your Treasured Heirloom:

We understand and appreciate how important your Heirloom is to you, and we are aware that shipping a valued heirloom away for repair can often be a bit unnerving for some.

Rest assured that as soon as we receive your heirloom, it will be carefully and thoroughly examined right away.  Once evaluated, you'll be immediately contacted with a Total Estimate of Repair. No repairs are made to your timepiece until we receive your confirmation and approval of the estimate.

If you are shipping to us, take an extra measure of care in packing. Whatever you are shipping, remove and wrap separately any loose parts, such as keys, pendulums, etc. Stuff the movement with tissue paper or other soft material. Put your name, address, and telephone number to the item you are sending. Don’t stick it to wood because it will ruin the finish. We recommend you first wrap the case in tissue wrapping paper, then in bubble wrap; it is light and shock absorbing. Bubble wrap in direct contact with some finishes sometimes reacts.  Put it in a strong, corrugated box. Tape all seams. Write your name, address, and telephone number on the outside of the box. Put this box in a second box surrounded by crumpled newspapers, or more bubble wrap. This will assure the best safety. Insure your parcel; insurance is cheap.  NO foam peanuts.  They may cause the item to shift and become damaged.

If you are coming to our shop in Harrisonburg, please put it in a box that fits. This will assure ease of handling and minimize storage problems.

“What’s he doing?”........

“Cleaning, oiling, adjustments for wear, bushing work......”

Your heirloom is completely disassembled, cleaned in special surfactant cleaning solution, which removes all oils and dirt.  The parts are then thoroughly rinsed in fresh solution, dried and oiled.  

·         Each part is examined. Deformed or worn gear teeth and pinions are corrected or replaced on the gears.

·         Each gear pivot is polished in our jewelers lathe. We correct for bushing wear. The “bushings” / jewels are the holes in the side plates and bridges through which each gear “pivot” (shaft end) turns. Over time, each bushing wears and accumulates embedded dirt. Dirt must be physically removed, not “buzzed or swished out in a bucket.”  Worn bushings are machined and new bushings (they look like little donuts) are pressed in. When everything is resized, assembled, and oiled, friction will be minimized.

·         The mainsprings, if your timepiece is so equipped, are inspected and stoned to de-burr any distortions that occur over time. Since mainsprings are not very expensive, we many times just replace them. A mainspring, which breaks within your movement, can do substantial damage.

·         We run your timepiece for many days on our test equipment. When we are satisfied that the movement is running properly, we install the movement in the case, and run it for a few more days. We don’t want you to be disappointed.

The bitterness of LOW QUALITY remains long after the sweetness of a LOW PRICE is forgotten!

Thanks again!

Father & Son Precision Time

Music Box Movements: Laura's Theme, Amazing Grace, When You Wish Upon A Star, White Christmas, Thank Heaven for Little Girls,

Endless rope splicing, Singing bird cage automaton repair, Grandfather Floor Clock, Clock Packing-Clock Moving-Clock Set Up, Antiquities Packed Moved Set Up, Anniversary, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Atmos, Balloon, Banjo, Beehive, Black Column, Column and Splat, Comptoise, Connecticut, Crystal Regulator, Cuckoo, Dial, Drop Dial, Drop Trunk, Four Glass, Figural, Figure-Eight, Gallery, Garnitures, Gilt Bronze, Gothic, Grandfather, Grandmother, Granddaughter, Gingerbread, Industrial, Kitchen, Lantern, Longcase, Looking-Glass, Lyre, Marble, Marine Chronometer, Mission, Morbier, Morez, Moving Eye, Mystery, Novelty, OG, Ogee, Picture Frame, Pillar and Scroll, Plato, Porcelain, Shelf, Ship's, Skeleton, Statue, Steeple, Swinging Arm, Tambour, Tallcase, Transitional, Triple Decker, Vienna, Wag on the Wall, Wall. Manufacturers and clockmakers represented include: Ansonia, Attleboro, Gustav Becker, Bulle, Chelsea, Enfield, W. L. Gilbert, Haddon, Hammond, Hermle, Herschede, E. Ingraham, Jefferson Electric, Chauncy Jerome, Joseph Kaiser, Lenzkirch, Mastercrafters, Telechron, Timex, Westclox, Junghans, Japy Freres, Seth Thomas, Samuel Marti et Cie, Tiffany, Jean Vincenti, Wooden Gear Clocks. Repair and Restoration of Antique Clocks and Music Boxes, Mechanical Music Mechanical Stuff, Collectibles & Junque, Factory Authorized Clock Service Howard Miller  Ridgeway  Sligh Elmer O. Stennes Ansonia, Atmos, Bawo & Dotter, Chelsea, Durfee, Edison, Eli-Terry, Elmer O. Stennes, Herschede Tubular Bell, Howard Miller, Ingraham, New Haven, Reuge, Ridgeway, Seth Thomas, Sligh, Stickley, Victor, Waltham, Waterbury, Welch, Wall Clocks and Regulators  Cuckoo & Mantle Clocks American Made Clocks, French Clocks, European Clocks, National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Maine Chapter 89, New England Chapter 8, British Watch & Clock Maker’s Guild American Watchmaker’s Institute Divine Publishing Mastercrafters GE Herschede Barr Jefferson Electric Westinghouse Sangamo Lux Electric Tower clocks Welch Hermle Anker Ridgeway Sligh Keinzle Mason & Sullivan Boston Mobier Vienna Regulators Hones Standard Electric United Lanshire Self-winding Poole Haddon Ingraham Westclox Waterbury Ansonia Gustav Becker Daneker Howard Miller Tempus Fugit Chelsea Gilbert Welby King Arthur Chauncey Jerome Wanamaker Time Recorders Car clocks Sessions Revere Spartus Telechron Seth Thomas New Haven Hammond Mystery clocks Waltham Junghans Pearl Walter Durfee Elliott Schatz Mauthe Linden New England Plymouth Anniversary clocks Gilbraltor AEG, Amano, Ansonia, ATO (Hatot), Badische Uhrenfabrik, Bain, Bauerle, BEHA, Belgica, Bentima, Black Forest, Blick, Bohmeyer, Bravington, Briggs, Brillie, Bowell, Bulle, Burk, Cotna, Davall, ECS, English Clock System, Electone, Electric Clock, Electrical clock, Elliot, Erricson, Eureka, Ever Ready, Elektrozeit,EZ, Farcot, Favag, Flonic, Gensign, Gents, Gillett & Johnston, Gledhill- Brooks, Globe, GPO master, Goblin, HAC, Hamburg American Co., Hipp, Hipp Toggle, Hettich, Holden, IBM, International Business Machines, Isgus, ITR, International Time Recorder, Jauch and Schmid, Jaz, Jeco, Jefferson, Jerome & Co, Junghans, Kienzle, Kerne und Sohne, Kodak, Kundo, Lenzkirch, Lepaute, Llewellin, Lownes, Lowne Electric, Lund, Lund & Barraund, Magneta, Magneta GPO, Marti, Master Clock, Mauthe, Metamec, Moore, Newbridge, National Time Recorder, NTR Oswald, Perivale, Parson, Poole, Pulsynetic, Puja, Rad Bel, Regulator, Rochester, Rotherham, Sangamo, Schild & Co, Schneider & Wesenfeld, Seth Thomas, Siemens, Sharp, Silent Electric, Simplex, Smiths, Solari, Stromberg, Synchronome, T&N, Telephonbau & Normalzeit, Telephone Rentals, Temco, Tiffany Neverwind Urgos, VAP, Venner, Warren, Waiting Train, Waterbury, Welch, Westclox, Westerstrand, Wheatstone, W&Hsc,  Winterhalder & Hoffmeier, Zenith, Coral, Cotna Davall, Dey Diehl, ECS (English Clock Systems), Electone, Emes, Enfield, Erricson, Eureka, Europa, EZ (Elektizeit), Acctim, AEG, Amano, ATO, Badische Uhrenfabrik, BEHA, Belgica Bentima, Black Forest, Bohmeyer, Bravington Briggs, Brillie, British Time Recorder, Bulle, Brown JC,  Bürk, CJ & Co., Farcot, Favag Ferrati, Flonic Genalex, Gensign, Gents, Gillet, Gledhill-Brooks, Globe Clock Co., Goblin, HAC (HAU)(Hamburg American Co.), Hanson, Hettich, Hipp Holden, IBM, Isgus, ITR (International Time Recorder), Jahresurhenfabrik, Jauch und Schmid, Jaz, Jeco, Jefferson, Jerome & Co., Junghans, Kerne und Sohne, Kinezle, Kundo (Kieninger und Oberfell), Lenzkirch, Lepaute, Llewllin, Lowne, Silent Electric Co., Simplex, Smiths, Solari, Stromberg, Synchronome, T & N (Telephonbau und Normalzeit), Temco, TMC Telephone Manufacturing Co., Turner, Ultralux, Urgos, VAP, Venner Vincenti, W & H (Winterhalder & Hoffmeier), Wagner CT, Warren (Telechron), Westclox, Westerstrand, Westinghouse, Kit-Kat, Intermatic, Woodford, Zenith, Zeon Tech, Magneta, Marti, Mauthe Metamec, Moore Newbridge, NTR (National Time Recorders), Oswald, Perivale, Princeps, Puja, Pulsyntic, Rad Bel, Rochester, Rotherham, Sangamo Sankyo, Schatz, Schild & Co., Schnieder & Wesenfeld, Scott, Seiko, Sharp, Siemens, Siglo Signal-uhr (SU), Junghans Swing Elephant, Junghans Swing (Mystery), Junghans Swing Diana, Junghans Swing Onion Boy, Junghans Swing Cherub,  Junghans Swing Boy with Bat, Junghans Swing Athlete (Commemorating 1936, Berlin Olympic Games?), Junghans Swing Barmaid, Junghans Swing Elephant, Junghans Swing Kangaroo, Junghans Swing Statue of Liberty, Junghans Swing Elegance, Junghans Swing Stella