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Looking for someone to repair or service your treasured clock or watch. This website showcases the pocket watch repair and restoration work i do. Please bring the telephone to my shop for assessment, but always call me first before bringing it in. I have established my workshop in lymington, in the beautiful new forest area of hampshire, but i am able to offer a postal repair service to customers both nationally and internationally.
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In addition the minute hand is missing and it needs a new crystal. Mar 23, 2020 posted on april 24, 2019 by christian. I do not give advice for diy repairs or conversions or valuations of any kind over the telephone or by email. We carry all available brands of watch material including crystals. A very interesting and very rare vintage pocket watch with pictured enamel dial, of a very fine picture of admiral lord nelson of battle of trafalgar.
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