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  The governor of Massachusetts has ordered all non-essential businesses to close. Unfortunately that means us.  If you have an item with us, rest assured it is being kept in a fire-proof safe, our shop is fully insured with a UL-certified alarm system. We cannot provide repair updates during the […]

 The shop and office are open normal business hours and our watchmakers and administrative staff are still repairing and shipping watches and parts orders. Because COVID19 virus is present in our town, and because the schools here have all closed down for at least the rest of March, we have […]

     Since 1918, Mido has had a long history of innovation with their watches. Mido invented the cork-crown water sealing system known as “Aquadura”.  Similarly, their “Powerwind” movement system made automatic movements more reliable then ever. Even the original Ocean Star design was revolutionary in its own right. It […]

THE WATCHMAKER: FROM ITS EARLY DAYS The year was 1987. For many months, Terry and Jack had talked about opening a watch repair shop close to home, but never took that step until the fall of that year when events coalesced to make that happen. Terry was working as an […]

In celebration of The Watchmaker’s 30th Anniversary we are introducing our own line of quartz watches called “Boston Watch Co.” Previously the title of world famous Waltham Watch Company, Boston Watch Co is a new line of watches exclusively available at The Watchmaker. Assembled in the USA from genuine Swiss […]

On November 5th I decided to take the day off from the shop.  20+ years ago a gentleman named Bill used to take clock repair lessons here and also would help around the shop from time to time.  He is an old family friend.  He moved up to Waldoboro ME […]