A bespoke watch is a very personal item to have made and the journey to owning one can take

a couple of months sometimes. However getting these watches modified or repaired can be a
difficult task as there are only a handful of places that offer such services. A watch restoration is
an opportunity to bring an old watch back to life. Bespoke watch repair options in Hong Kong
are hard to find , so we have made the job easier for you by curating a list of premium watch
restoring shops in the city.

Classic watch repair

Based in Central, Hong Kong, classic watch repair is a professional watch repair and service
centre with 20+ years of experience, capable of repairing and restoring any timepiece, both
mechanically and aesthetically. Besides standard watch repairs, they specialise in what brands
refuse to fix or restore, such as metal watch bands, watch cases, watch dials and watch hands.
Michael young, founder of classic watch repair is a world-renowned vintage watch restoration
legend, who started off as a Rolex collector 40 years ago. Being frustrated at Rolex refusing to
repair or restore watch cases, bracelets, dials, and hands, Michael, a mechanical engineer with
immense watch collecting experience, decided to learn to do it himself. His meticulous
restoration work and vintage watch servicing have earned him a solid reputation around the
world.

Mister chrono
Over the past 10 years, Misterchrono has made its mark thanks to its in-depth knowledge of the
watchmaking industry and partnerships with watch repair and service specialists in Paris, Hong
Kong and Singapore. Their specialist partners are watchmaking experts and perform the very
highest quality workmanship enabling them to carry out any routine maintenance and minor
repairs or a complete overhaul of your watches. Moreover, if you are looking for specific advice,
they will be able to answer and guide you.. The certified watchmakers at Misterchrono will
provide you with an initial analysis and quotation for a repair as soon as you come in. They have
the necessary tools to carry out most of the small repairs that are commonplace. They offer you
a very wide range of services from changing a battery and replacing crowns, to fixing the watch
hands or polishing the case.
They recommend that mechanical watches should have a complete service every 5 years. A full
service includes the following: Complete dismantling of the watch and movement followed by a
thorough ultrasonic cleaning and inspection of all components. Replacement of any damaged or
worn movement parts as required. Reassembly of the movement with the manufacturers
specified oils and lubricants, and full calibration of the regulating mechanism. Cleaning of the
watch case and bracelet, and if requested polishing and refurbishment of the case. Rigorous
quality control and testing for 72 hours including regulting, pressure and water resistance testing
according to manufacturers specifications, and final visual inspection of the watch.
The Oriental Watch Company
A one stop watch service experience, the Oriental watch company shop is conveniently located
in downtown Central. Designed and set up in accordance with Swiss and German watchmaking
standards, the in-house repair workshop is recognised by Swiss and German watchmaking
experts to ensure that the standards are duly met. The Centre is well-equipped with cutting-
edge instruments including but not limited to the water-resistance testing machine, the analyser
for watch movement, the Cyclomotion watch winder, and the Chronoscope S1 high-quality
watch testing instrument.
On top of the outstanding hardware, the watchmakers serving at the Centre have an average
experience of 20 years in watch repairing. Most of them had worked in repair centres of major
watch brands in repairing and maintaining Haute Horlogerie. The most experienced master
watchmaker has served in the industry for over four decades. All potential restoration projects
will be fully evaluated before work commences and they will discuss this with their clients at the
time.

Hong Kong Ruigang watch group

The Hong Kong Ruigang watch group has trained watchmakers who provide a thorough
inspection of the watch movement to find out if there are any damaged or worn parts that need
to be replaced. Should the movement be a vintage piece where new or replacement parts are
not available, they look into refurbishing the old part or re-machine a new part from scratch. In
the dial department they offer varying degress of dial restorations.From basic replying luminous
to hour indexes and hands to complete repaint of the full dial.
They specialise in providing a professional polish and finishing to original factory specifications.
Normal polishing on the buffing machine creates a rounded edge on sharp corners. Technical
polishing has special tooling that can bring back the already burred edges to a crisp resulting in
reshaping of the case.
For most common watches such as those from Rolex and Omega, either original or generic
crystals are generally available. However,for vintage, bespoke and small production watches
they have to be custom made to fit. They also undertake unique steel and gold band
restorations by meticulously removing each link and then rebuild them before assembling them
back to one piece.

Prices for all these services vary according to the intricacy of the restoration of watches and
technicalities that may be required for specific bespoke timepieces. Their consultations can be
booked online while they also entertain walk in clients. These watch companies will prove no
less than a doctor for your beloved chronometers.