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backmarkerducati said:
I am looking for a GTA watchmaker to repair a couple of items (70s Rolex, 80s Speedmaster). Who are you guys using/trust?

Sadly, my (and many local collectors) go-to guy passed away in December (Shane Ede). Just found out today, he was a great watchmaker and a great guy.
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What a tragedy.

"After more than 50 years serving the watch community, I’m closing my business because I’m dying of lung cancer. It’s been a lot of fun fixing the watches of the many wonderful and supportive people who have been my clientele. I thank all of you."
 
backmarkerducati said:
I am looking for a GTA watchmaker to repair a couple of items (70s Rolex, 80s Speedmaster). Who are you guys using/trust?

Sadly, my (and many local collectors) go-to guy passed away in December (Shane Ede). Just found out today, he was a great watchmaker and a great guy.
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LTTP on this, having been away for a while. but I've recently had good experiences with European Time in Oakville. Had been using a guy in Hamilton, but he got quite sick before Christmas and has cut his workload way back to only working on clocks, no watches.

Took in a few watches for regulation, turns out they'd been magnetised because I am an idiot and left my watch box too close to a bass cabinet with 15" speakers. He demagnetised and charged me a grand total of $18 for three watches.

Prices are fair, but turnaround can be slow. Definitely sits on the cheap/good but not fast part of the cheap/good/fast venn diagram. Not ideal if you have one watch you need back, but as I already have too many watches, longer waits are bearable.
 
Have a demagnetizer at work. I'll demagnetize an automatic if I wear it to work just because, and if one changes drastically all of a sudden (driver's door speakers can be a culprit) will wear that one in that day and do it.
 
FullMotoJacket said:
Have a demagnetizer at work. I'll demagnetize an automatic if I wear it to work just because, and if one changes drastically all of a sudden (driver's door speakers can be a culprit) will wear that one in that day and do it.
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They are available on Amazon from a variety of sellers for less than $20, too, mostly identical but each with a different alphabet soup company name.

I was just pleasantly surprised because I was expecting a bill north of a few hundred for regulation on the three pieces, so $18 was a bargain. He could also easily have just demagnetised them and billed me for regulation, especially as all are within 5 seconds per day now, and I'd have been none the wiser.
 
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