I have a Gold Compax from 1945 that belonged to my grandfather. It needs serious renovation. The dial has moisture damage and one pusher disappeared. I would like a recommendation of a reputable watch repair place. I'm based in California, but I can send the watch to a shop anywhere in the US.
Thanks
I would not mess around with the dial, just leave it.
Ok … New pusher cap, movement service, crystal polish and careful consideration of some sort of light touch dial clean ( or not). Whats your budget? I see $750 -1300+ worth of work here. If it was my grandfathers watch, I’d go for it. May we see the case back?
Ok … New pusher cap, movement service, crystal polish and careful consideration of some sort of light touch dial clean ( or not). Whats your budget? I see $750 -1300+ worth of work here. If it was my grandfathers watch, I’d go for it. May we see the case back?
Welcome to the forums. What a nice watch and (I hope) great memories of your grandfather.
Living in Atlanta, I'm not familiar with California watchmakers specializing in vintage timepieces, but I have heard many good things about Nesbits in Seattle.
From what I’ve heard of late, I would not consider them.
That's surprising. I have no personal experience, but I just ran a quick search of this site (all forums and child forums) in the past 6 months, and all of the 19 results were positive. Has something happened very recently?
I heard they didn’t want to take vintage any longer.
That's a shame. It's also a trend that worries me as an owner of vintage watches. The watchmaker I use is already semi-retired.
FWIW, the Nesbit's web site still lists vintage as the first bullet under services, but of course folks are not always fastidious in keeping web sites up-to-date. And regardless of what they advertise, if they don't want to work on vintage, I wouldn't send them any of my watches.
Here is another EB with fairly close serial to yours (On the left).
I didn’t realize the same case reference could have either round or square pushers !?
I don’t think anything can be done for your dial, I would leave it alone. The chances of getting an original pusher cap must be about zero, I would just give it a service and find a cap that fits and looks ok.
Beautiful watch and amazing family history for you.
Very interesting. I suppose one had to be a general to receive the moon phase. My grandfather was a colonel or major. I cannot remember.
