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Below are my crystal prices. The crystal is the clear part on the front of the watch that you see the time though. Keep in mind that genuine factory crystals (if available) will be more. Please take these prices as a guide so you have some idea of the cost of your repair. The prices are only a guide as my cost on the crystals may go up at any time, and I probably will not know until I order the crystal. I often cannot get genuine crystals for most watches, the exceptions being Omega and Seiko. Most watch companies are now refusing to sell crystals even to material houses. The aftermarket repair sector is now relying mostly on "generic" or aftermarket crystals to complete repairs. In most cases these crystals are every bit as good as the originals and at a lower cost. The prices below are for the crystal only and the labor to install it, return shipping will be extra.
If you would like a crystal installed in your watch, please e-mail me so that we may schedule your repair.
Please note that I do not sell crystals by themselves, only with installation.
PRICES AND INFORMATION IN EFFECT JUNE 10, 2010
WRISTWATCH CRYSTAL PRICES
Mineral glass wristwatch crystals start at $30. This price includes most thicknesses and sizes of mineral glass crystals. This price is for the "generic" non-factory crystals. This is the type of crystal that most modern wrist watches have from the factory. I keep most sizes of mineral glass crystals in stock so you can receive faster service with this type of crystal.
Round sapphire wristwatch crystals start at $60. This price includes most thicknesses and sizes of round sapphire crystals. This price is for the "generic" non-factory crystals. Sapphire crystals, while more expensive, have several advantages over mineral glass. These advantages include: nearly scratch-free, stronger, and longer life (up to five times as long as a mineral glass crystal). Sapphire crystals are ordered as needed as they are too expensive to keep an assortment in stock. Very thick sapphire crystals will be extra.
Plastic wristwatch crystals start at $30. This price includes most sizes of plastic crystals. This price is for the "generic" non-factory crystals and does not include hunting case pocket watches. I keep many of the older style of round and fancy plastic crystals in stock.
Sapphire crystals for TAG wristwatches start at $65. This price includes most thicknesses and sizes of sapphire crystals. This price is for the "generic" non-factory crystals.
Genuine crystals for Omega wristwatches will be priced when they are shipped to me. I'm sorry, but prices on Omega parts are constantly changing. Prices for Omega parts have gone up 400% in the last year, so anything genuine Omega will be very expensive.
Sapphire crystals for Cartier and Movado wristwatches start at $115. This price includes most thicknesses and sizes of sapphire crystals. This price is for the "generic" non-factory crystals.
POCKET WATCH CRYSTAL PRICES
Plastic Pocket Watch Crystals $30. Some pocket watch cases, particularly from the 1920's on, will only take plastic crystals.
Regular Thickness Glass Pocket Watch Crystals $35
Double Thickness Glass Pocket Watch Crystals $40 (may not be available in all sizes)
Triple Thickness Glass Pocket Watch Crystals $50 (may not be available in all sizes)
Hunting Case Pocket Watch Crystals (If your pocket watch has a pop-open solid lid over the watch face it is a hunting case) starting at $50. Plastic or glass crystal will be fitted depending on what is available.
IMPORTANT POINTS
All crystal prices include labor, but not return shipping. If your watch requires a new crystal gasket then that cost will be extra (most modern watches use crystal gaskets to hold in the crystal). Most times a new gasket is not required, but I wanted to mention it here just so there are no surprises later on.
Most crystal repairs take less than two weeks unless the crystal must be special ordered or the case must be sent out for a custom crystal. Mineral glass crystals, many plastic wrist watch and pocket watch crystals, and most glass open-face pocket watch crystals are kept in stock.
Where glue is required to install your crystal I use only the finest available!
I have crystals for most vintage watches in stock. This includes Seiko, Gruen, Elgin, Hamilton, Illinois, Wittnauer, etc.
I have many faceted-edge ladies watch crystals in stock.
I have many vintage glass wrist watch crystals in stock including many round ones.
I do not sell crystals, I only install them. I need the crystals I have to service my customers watches. E-mails asking me to sell crystals only will not be answered. Thank you for your understanding.
In most cases you cannot put a sapphire or mineral glass crystal into a modern watch that originally had a plastic crystal. The exceptions would be a watch that has a flat round plastic or glass crystal for sapphire, or a flat square or round plastic crystal for mineral glass. Most pocket watches can either take a glass or plastic crystal, but some pocket watch cases were designed just to take a plastic crystal.
Return shipping with $200 insurance runs $10 at this time.
SHIPPING AND ESTIMATES
PLEASE read, agree to, and follow the procedure below for sending your watch for estimate/repair. The steps below are for YOUR safety and that of your timepiece! I take in many watches for repair and without the proper information I have requested I can not track your watch or return it to you! SIMPLY HAVING THE INFORMATION ON YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IS NOT ENOUGH. I AM SOMETIMES NOT THE ONE THAT OPENS THE PARCELS OR CASHES THE CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS. PLEASE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION I ASK FOR BELOW! THANK YOU!!!
I hate to add this, but after years of asking, people still are sending their watches in envelopes, padded envelopes, and uninsured. That being said, ANY watch that is received in an envelope or uninsured WILL be refused at the post office and returned to the owner at their expense. I am sorry, but if I accept the package and there is damage I then become the responsible party. please ship you watch in a box and insure it. thank you!!!!
1) BEFORE sending your watch you must first e-mail me for approval of your repair. No watches except Seiko Kinetic will be accepted for repair without prior approval. Once your repair is approved by me you will be provided with my complete shipping address. THERE IS NO SHIPPING ADDRESS ON THIS PAGE AS ALL REPAIRS EXCEPT SEIKO KINETIC OVERHAULS AND BATTERY OVERHAULS MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BEFORE ACCEPTANCE.
2) Wrap your watch in BUBBLE WRAP and place it in a BOX (the US Post Office gives away Priority Mail boxes for free (request the small video box). DO NOT SHIP TO ME IN A PADDED ENVELOPE (yes some people HAVE done this!)! ANY WATCH RECEIVED IN A PADDED ENVELOPE WILL BE REFUSED AT THE POST OFFICE AND RETURNED TO ITS OWNER AT THEIR COST. Shipping in a padded envelope is just inviting your watch to be destroyed!!!
Fill the box completely with packing material so your watch doesn't become damaged in shipment! I have had people using 1 small piece of bubble wrap in a large box. The result is the watch comes out of the bubble wrap and bangs around for thousands of miles in transit. PLEASE, use an adequate amount of packing material to fill the box, it will be cheaper than buying a new watch!!
PLEASE do not use "Styrofoam peanuts" to pack the watch! The result will be that the watch will settle to the bottom and be unprotected for most of the trip to my Post Office!
Taping is OK, just don't "tape it to death"! I had one watch come in that was lucky to survive the unwrapping process because the owner used half a roll of package tape over the bubble wrap and on the watch! PLEASE, do not put tape on the watch itself!
DO NOT SHIP WATCHES TO ME IN A PADDED ENVELOPE (yes some people HAVE done this)! ANY WATCH RECEIVED IN A PADDED ENVELOPE WILL BE REFUSED AT THE POST OFFICE AND RETURNED TO ITS OWNER AT THEIR COST! Shipping in a padded envelope is just inviting your watch to be damaged or destroyed!!!
Make a note of the serial number and case number of your watch before you send it and write it on the index card you enclosed with the watch. If something does happen this will make sure your proper watch is returned to you safely. The serial # is a 6-digit number on the lower case back.
3) Enclose a card (index cards are great for this, they fit right in my repair envelopes) with your name, address and telephone number including area code AND e-mail address (I like to give estimates by e-mail, produces a written record for both of us). Please write on the card what you would like done to your watch.
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! I MUST HAVE THE INFORMATION TO ENSURE YOUR WATCH IS RETURNED TO YOU!
4) Include a check in the proper amount to cover the work you would like done on your watch.
5) Ship your timepiece by USPS Priority Mail.
Insure your parcel for at least $100.
Put Delivery Confirmation on the parcel (that way you can check to make sure I received it on-line). The e-mail situation is getting overwhelming and I no longer e-mail when watches are received.
Mark the package "FRAGILE".
DO NOT SHIP BY UPS OR FED-EX, THEY CANNOT DELIVER TO MY PO BOX ADDRESS.
IMPORTANT NOTES
I do not do work on "approval", watches will be held until the bill is settled, or the watch can be sent C.O.D.
You may check the progress of your repair at any time AFTER I have responded with your initial evaluation (it does no good to ask me about the repair status of a watch I haven't even had the chance to look at) by e-mailing me.
If you do contact me about your repair, PLEASE be specific, I can have other watches in the shop and can't remember ever one.
Ohio residents must add 7% sales tax.
Please take the following as a guideline for repair times
Crystals 1-3 weeks.
Pocket watch repairs completed: 4-12 months. This will depend on my schedule and parts availability. In the case of some older watches it may take MONTHS to find the parts, not weeks.
PLEASE, allow me time to do the work, I can't estimate/fix every watch that comes in within 4-5 days, it is just not possible, especially during the "busy season".
PAYMENT METHODS
Personal check
Cashiers check
Money order
I do not take any credit card payments. Sorry!
Please make all checks or money orders payable to Scott A. Ekleberry
If you still feel you have any unanswered questions after reading through my website, please feel free to e-mail questions. Thank you!!!
A. Lange & Sohne |
Alfred Dunhill |
Bertolucci |
Blancpain |
Breguet |
Breitling |
Bulgari |
Cartier |
Certina |
Chaumet |
Chopard |
Daniel Mink |
David Yurman |
Dior |
Doxa |
Ebel |
Fossil |
Frederique Constant |
Franck Muller |
Guess |
Glycine |
Hublot |
Harry Winston |
Krieger |
Jaeger-LeCoultre |
Marcel Watch |
Luminox |
Mont Blanc |
Meylan Stopwatches |
Piaget |
Parmigiani |
Raymond Weil |
Pierre Balmain |
Sector |
RGM |
Tourneau |
Skagen |
Ulysse Nardin |
Tutima |
Van Cleef & Arpels |
Vacheron Constantine |
Zodiac |
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