Lost Art Timekeeping

Old Watches, New Life

Every Watch Has More Time In It

Shop Watches Restoration Services

My Past Work

A Few Pieces From The Bench

Vintage Vulcain Watch, cream and silver. Brown Background

Vintage Vulcain Grand Prix

Vintage Seiko watch 6309-7040 black and white with nylon strap

Vintage Seiko “Turtle” 6309-7040

Vintage Seiko Dolce 6730-5170. Gold and creme. Brown background

Vintage Seiko Dolce 6730-5170

Vintage Seiko watch, blue dial and silver bracelet. Brown Background

Vintage Seiko DX 6106-7639

Vintage Hamilton Watch, gold and creme. Brown background.

Vintage Hamilton K-407 Cal. 661

Vintage Seiko watch, brown and silver. Seiko 5216-7070

Vintage Seiko Lord-Matic 5216-7070

Vintage Seiko Dolce Watch black and gold on brown background. Seiko 6730-5530.

Vintage Seiko Dolce 6730-5571

Vintage Longines watch, "Ultra Chron" silver and cream

Vintage Longines Ultra Chron “Linen” Cal. 431

Young man posing for photo, leaning against wall

Eli Turanski

Watch Restorer/Watchmaker

I’m Eli, an independent watch restorer based in Eugene, Oregon. Two years ago I started self-teaching the craft of watch restoration. Learning movement by movement, mistake by mistake. I take apart vintage timepieces, understand how they work, and bring them back to life. Every watch has a history, and I think it deserves to keep going. I sell the ones I restore and take on restoration work for others.

The Bench

Watches I’m working on, things I’m learning, and the stories that come with every piece that lands on my bench. Technical posts or just my internal dialogue. I’m self-taught, still learning, and this is the honest record of that.

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