Open Tuesday to Saturday
Brought back
to time.
A two-bench workshop down a close off the Cowgate. We service mechanical and vintage watches by hand, time them in six positions and guarantee the work for two years.
- Rate
- +2 s/d
- Amplitude
- 284°
- Beat error
- 0.2 ms
- Power reserve
- 38 h
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Day 1 · at the bench
We open it with you there.
The caseback comes off on the counter. We read the amplitude on the timegrapher and tell you what we see before you leave.
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Days 2 to 18 · stripped down
Every part out, cleaned.
Up to 130 parts, each one inspected. Worn ones are replaced with genuine or made-to-pattern parts, and you approve any cost first.
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Days 19 to 24 · on the timegrapher
Timed in six positions.
Dial up, dial down and crown in four directions. Then it runs for five days on the bench before it goes back on your wrist.
The bench list
Prices, before we open anything.
Estimates are free. Nothing is done until you say yes, and every service is guaranteed for 24 months. Prices include VAT.
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No. 1
Full service, manual wind
Stripped, cleaned, oiled and regulated. Mainspring and seals replaced.
3–4 weeks £240 -
No. 2
Full service, automatic
Everything above, plus the rotor and the whole winding train.
3–4 weeks £285 -
No. 3
Full service, chronograph
Every lever, spring and heart cam, reset to a clean zero.
5–6 weeks £420 -
No. 4
Vintage service, before 1960
Older calibres. Parts sourced, or made to pattern at the bench.
5–8 weeks from£320 -
No. 5
Crystal replacement
Domed acrylic or sapphire, fitted and pressure-tested.
3 days from£55 -
No. 6
Water damage, first aid
Opened and dried the same day so rust can’t start. Bring it in quickly.
Same day £60 -
No. 7
Dial and hands
Cleaned, or hands relumed to match. We don’t repaint dials.
4–6 weeks from£150 -
No. 8
Full service, quartz
Movement cleaned, circuit tested, new cell and seals.
1–2 weeks £95 -
No. 9
Battery and reseal, quartz
New cell, new gasket, a quick dry test.
While you wait £20 -
No. 10
Pressure test
Dry test to 5 bar, with the printed result.
While you wait £25 -
No. 11
Strap fitting
Your strap or one of ours. Spring bars included.
While you wait £15
Estimate
What will it cost?
Tell us roughly what you have. The range is what most watches like it come to; the exact figure comes after we open the case, by email, and waits for your OK.
Two benches
Your watch stays with one pair of hands.
Whoever opens it on day one finishes it. Pick a bench when you book, or take the first free slot.
Visit
Down the close, first door on the left.
Wynd Watch Repair4 Lamplighter’s Close, off the Cowgate
Edinburgh EH1
0131 496 0418
Drop-offs are by appointment so a bench is free to open your watch with you. Collections need no appointment.
Before you book
Fair questions.
Why a £20 deposit?
A drop-off slot holds a bench for twenty minutes so we can open the watch with you. The £20 comes off your bill. Cancel or move it up to 24 hours before and it’s refunded in full. Quick jobs under £30 (batteries, straps, pressure tests) need no deposit.
What if it costs more than the estimate?
We email you the exact price, with photos, before any work starts. If you say no, you collect the watch as it came in and pay nothing beyond the deposit, which then covers the inspection.
Can I post my watch instead?
Yes. Book a postal slot, send it by special delivery insured for its value, and we email you when it arrives with the caseback open on camera. It comes back the same way.
Will you use original parts?
Genuine parts where they exist. For calibres that went out of production decades ago, we source new old stock or make the part to pattern at the bench, and we tell you which before we fit it.
What does the guarantee cover?
The work we did, for 24 months: timekeeping inside the maker’s tolerance and anything we fitted. It doesn’t cover knocks, water through a crown left open, or parts we advised replacing that you asked us to keep.