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Stoneham
Square, home of The Watchmaker, now entering our 22nd year
and 12 years on the world wide web
Located
in Stoneham Square, Stoneham, Mass.
379 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 02180
See contact
page for directions
Tel.: 781-438-6977 -
Toll-Free: 1-888-852-6968 -
Fax: 781-438-6954
e-mail: thestore@thewatchmaker.com
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Sales:
All house brand watches sold in
top running condition, with one-year warranty. All other
watches come with applicable manufacturer warranty.
Genuine Factory Replacement watchbands, straps,
and accessories available for most watch brands. We
are an authorized dealer for these fine brands: Tutima,
Glycine, Ball Watch, Claude Meylan, Concord,
Swiss Army, Tissot, Jean Frédéric, Rado,
Citizen watches, and clock dealer for Chelsea Clocks.
Please see our "wants" page and tell us your needs.
Repairs and Estimates
We generally need to see a watch to determine its condition, availability of parts, and to prepare a repair estimate. If you live in the Boston, Massachusetts, area please visit us during business hours. If you are not local to the Boston area, you may ship your timepiece to us via the carrier of your choice. Estimates are generally free and we charge only for return shipping and insurance. See below for shipping information.
See out our repair page for more information.
Shipping
Our mailing address is The Watchmaker, 379 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA. Securely package your timepiece in an appropriate sized container, with ample padding. Most carriers offer insurance against loss or damage in transport, and when shipping a timepiece, we recommend insuring it for its full replacement value. Please call, fax, or e-mail us at THE WATCHMAKER for questions on how to safely ship your timepiece to us.
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The Kurdzionaks
Past AWI Pres. Jack Kurdzionak
in Switzerland
at WOSTEP bench (click for larger view). |
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Jack Kurdzionak
started repairing watches and clocks as a hobby in the
1960s but it became his full time career in 1980 when
he left his high school teaching job. Throughout the 1980s
he repaired thousands of watches and clocks in his home
for several Boston area jewelry stores, and also taught
the evening watch repair course at the North Bennett Street
School in Boston. In 1987, Jack and his wife Terry opened
The Watchmaker, a retail watch and clock repair shop in
their hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts. Although the
North Bennett Street school closed its watch repair course,
Jack continued to teach private students in his workshop.
After serving as a director for several years, Jack was
elected president of the American Watchmaker's-Clockmaker's
Institute (AWI), August 2002, and served for 2 consecutive
terms. AWI is the largest international watchmaking association
in the world.
Terry Kurdzionak is a registered nurse, but has helped run the Watchmaker since the first store opened in 1987. She handles sales, minor repairs, and administrative duties. She owns and operates "eckcells," which is a spare parts distribution business serving watchmakers nationwide.
Son John's first words in the early
1970s were "tick-tock". After learning the
business from his father throughout his growing-up years,
John began repairing clocks full-time at the Watchmaker
in 1993 immediately after graduation from Merrimack
College in North Andover, MA. In 2006, John opened his own
fully equipped clock repair shop in Woburn, MA called
JFK Clock Repair. John's website is www.jfkclock.com.
He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute, and is a past President of the Massachusetts Watchmakers-Clockmakers
Association.
Son David
is the youngest, and he is the president of the company.
Dave is responsible for overseeing the repair department
and sales department for the retail store. Dave is responsible
for all new watch purchases and the administrative part
of the repair department. Although not a watchmaker,
Dave is Swiss trained to work on certain calibers of
ETA movements, and has a thorough knowledge of watches,
inside and out. Dave is a 1999 graduate of Plymouth
State College with a degree in music. "I got a
degree in saxophone.... so of course I'm selling watches!"
Dave is also the author of the booklet "The
Care and Service of Fine Watches," a free booklet
detailing how to take care of a fine timepiece. Dave is also chairman of the board of directors in the Mass Watchmakers-Clockmakers Association, and is editor of the MWCA newsletter.
Watch and clock repairing is our family's full-time occupation, not our hobby, and we have a modern repair shop with the most up-to-date tools and equipment. We bring you years of experience in the trade and offer you the highest quality repair on your timepieces.
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Dave Kurdzionak at 2003 Basel Fair
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John Kurdzionak
reassembling a Chelsea clock after overhauling it.
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CEO Terry Kurdzionak
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Company President Dave Kurdzionak, his wife Trisha,
clockmaker John F. Kurdzionak (sunglasses) and our watchmaker
and Atmos Clock specialist Stephen Boynton at the American Watchmaker-Clockmaker
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Memberships and
Professional Associations
- 6 Members and 1 Past President of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers
Institute
- Member National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors
- Member American Watch Guild
- Past President Massachusetts Watchmakers-Clockmakers Association
- 1 AWCI 21st Century Certified Watchmaker on Staff, 1 WOSTEP
Watchmaker on staff, 1 AWCI Certified Clockmaker on Staff
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