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Please Note! I am currently only accepting Seiko Kinetic watches for repair. Please refer all other repairs to the following individuals who are more than qualified to handle your repair. Thank you for your understanding! Scott A. Ekleberry For general repairs and Rolex repairs please contact James Sadilek at as he has a Rolex parts account and can service your Rolex with genuine parts. For Omega, Rolex, other high-grade watches, and mechanical wrist watches, please contact Jon Horton at . Jon does NOT accept quartz watches for repair. For pocket watch repairs please contact Robert Porter at .
BATTERIES
If you are selecting the service below you will be exempt from the $38 estimate fee! If you need other work done besides a battery overhaul then please enclose the $38 fee and I will inform you of final charges.
If you wish the battery in your watch changed CORRECTLY, then you have come to the right place!
I have seen many "butchered" watches because of inept "repair people" trying to put batteries in watches because they did not know what they were doing. I have seen scraped, scratched, and gouged cases. I have seen broken crystals. I have seen watches ruined because the old case gasket, or no case gasket, was put in when the back was put back on and water got in (you are also supposed to test water resistant watches for water resistance every time the case is opened and closed). I have seen broken stems and bent case tubes from people hitting the watch case to close it (the local drug store does batteries for $2, they put the watch on the counter and smack it to close it, needless to say some people end up getting a new watch). I have seen many watches that had poor battery life, mainly because someone used a finger to put in the battery (you aren't supposed to touch them with your fingers, it cuts the life in half). In other words, some people just shouldn't be doing the work, especially if they don't know what they are doing to start with. AWCI is now giving training on battery changes to people like watch kiosks and jewelers, to make sure they know the proper way to do the work. Now, I'm not saying no one else out there knows how to put a watch battery in, but I would make sure they know what they are doing. Make sure they use a new case gasket, plastic tweezers and a buff stick to put in the battery, and a case press to close the case (not a rubber hammer or their fist on the watch case). Have the proper openers for a watch case and water resistance test equipment are also essential. My battery overhaul package is a little more comprehensive than most "battery changes", but then I feel you get what you pay for in the end.
Battery overhauls starting at $30
This package includes:
PLEASE read, agree to, and follow the procedure below exactly 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, PLEASE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION I ASK FOR BELOW! THANK YOU!!!
1) Wrap your watch in BUBBLE WRAP and place it in a BOX (the Post Office gives away Priority Mail boxes, request the small video box).
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!!
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!
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 of your watch before you send it. 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.
2) 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. Write on the card what you would like done to your watch. And PLEASE, (I'm begging here) write or print legibly. If there is any doubt then PLEASE print-out the return information from your computer.
PLEASE!!! I NEED AN E-MAIL ADDRESS TO SEND YOU AN INVOICE AND TO SEND AN ESTIMATE IF NECESSARY!!! I ALSO NEED THE E-MAIL ADDRESS TO CONTACT YOU IN CASE I HAVE QUESTIONS OR TO NOTIFY YOU OF OTHER REPAIRS AND CHARGES THAT MAY BE NECESSARY! IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE, IT WILL GREATLY SLOW DOWN THE RETURN OF YOUR WATCH!!!
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! I MUST HAVE THE INFORMATION TO ENSURE YOUR WATCH IS RETURNED TO YOU!
3) Include a check or money order in the amount of $80. Please make the check out to Scott A. Ekleberry.
I do not do work on "approval". Any watch not received with the overhaul fee will be held until the bill is settled or can be sent back to it's owner after repair COD and the COD fee will be charged to them also. I'm sorry but I got "stuck" a couple times and I can't pay my bills if I work for free. I no longer except PayPal as payment for repairs, sorry!!!
OHIO RESIDENTS ADD 7.0% SALES TAX PLEASE! THANK YOU!!!
Personal checks and non-postal money orders will have to clear before the watch is shipped back. Sorry!!!
Non-USA residents will have to include an international money order as payment. Shipping will be higher on non-USA watches.
4) Ship your timepiece by USPS Priority Mail.
Insure your parcel for at least $100. This is important, if insured for less than $100 then no one has to sign for the package. If you do not follow this advice then I will not be responsible if the watch is lost!
Put Delivery Confirmation on the parcel (that way YOU can check to make sure I received it on-line at the Postal Service website). The e-mail situation is getting overwhelming and I will no longer e-mail when watches are received, sorry if this is an inconvenience.
***PLEASE NOTE: LATELY THE USPS SITE HAS NOT BEEN RECORDING ALL THE DELIVERIES OF WATCHES FOR SOME REASON. THERE IS NO WAY YOUR WATCH COULD GO ANYWHERE ELSE (MY POST OFFICE BOX IS INSIDE THE POST OFFICE). IF YOU HAVE INSURED YOUR PARCEL AS ASKED THEN SOMEONE MUST SIGN FOR IT TO GET IT, IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. ALL WATCHES ARE PICKED UP AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK FROM MY POST OFFICE. NO MATTER WHAT THE WEBSITE SAYS, REST ASSURED YOUR WATCH HAS BEEN PICKED UP IF IT HAS ARRIVED AT MY POST OFFICE. I DO NOT CASH THE CHECKS UNTIL THE WATCH IS CHECKED IN TO BE WORKED ON, SO PLEASE DON'T GO BY THAT AS AN INDICATION THAT I HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE WATCH. THANK YOU!!!
Mark the package "FRAGILE" if you wish. Kinetic watches are pretty durable, so if the watch is packed properly then it should make it here just fine.
DO NOT SHIP BY UPS OR FED-EX, THEY CANNOT DELIVER TO MY P.O. BOX ADDRESS.
5) Ship to:
Scott A. Ekleberry-Watchmaker
PO BOX 22
Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351
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