Restoration, overhaul and appraisal
of your timepieces.
Craftsmanship from the Vallée de Joux, with no compromise on standards.
From the online estimate to the return of your watch: a process designed for clarity, whether remotely or at the workshop.
Describe your watch and add a few photos. You immediately receive an indicative price range, without obligation.
You can hand your watch to us at our workshops in Le Brassus and Yverdon, or in Lausanne at our partner Evergold. Are you far away? Send it to us by signed-for post: we guide you step by step.
Our watchmaker opens the watch, makes a precise diagnosis and gives you a clear, firm quote.
Once you have approved it, we repair your watch in our workshops. Insured return, warranty of 12 to 24 months depending on the service.
An instant price range online, and a firm, free quote within 7 days.
Prices are indicative. You get an instant range online and a firm, free quote within 7 days of receipt.
Full movement service, ultrasonic cleaning, lubrication and water-resistance test. 12-month warranty.
Standard, plus various options suggested by our watchmaker: polishing, dial restoration, Luminova relume and more.
Complete mechanical restoration, ORBIS certificate with timing measurements and before-and-after photo record.
Warranty extension to 24 months: CHF 100 (Standard and Gold). Insured return shipping included.
A watch does not only measure time: it tells of a family, an achievement, something passed on. Our craft is to preserve that story. Here is what those who entrusted it to us have to say.
“Got in touch for a service on a Tudor Oyster. Quote sent over WhatsApp and regular updates. Friendly and skilled staff. Top work. I will be back without hesitation!”
“To get an idea of the quality of this workshop, I first had a service done on a simple two-hand mechanical watch. Very pleased with their work, I also entrusted them with a chronograph.”
“Many thanks for the renovation of my family watch. Very attentive, understanding and professional. The work is impeccable, and I really appreciated their human approach. I warmly recommend them!”
“Wonderful work, meticulous and very professional. I am delighted to have found the perfect place to care for what is sentimentally very dear to me, including my father's watch, which now never leaves me.”
“Very happy to have found this workshop, as Mauboussin did not want to repair my watch. A quick and very straightforward service.”
“I brought in a pocket watch, of sentimental value, for repair. A very kind welcome, honest information about the work to be done and its cost.”
“Impeccable and very professional work. The turnaround time was met. On top of that, the pros are very friendly. I can genuinely recommend them.”
“Impeccable professionalism and welcome. Having watchmaking craftsmen right in the town centre is really great.”
“A very skilled and friendly watchmaker, takes the time, explains things to you. Perfect.”
“Excellent work, my watch runs very well again, and the little carriage clock too! The people are very kind and attentive.”
“Booking an appointment was quick, the exchange was smooth and I am very satisfied with the quality of the service received. I recommend it.”
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“We deliver about four times faster than the official after-sales services.” A portrait of Luca Cretin and the workshop, from his training in Le Locle to grand complications (in French).
Read the article → Press La Région“An adventure launched by three enthusiasts.” Portrait of the Yverdon workshop in the Nord vaudois newspaper.
Read “The Guardians of Time” → Partnership QoQaAn official watch sale with the QoQa community: our overhauls were offered to its members after an audit of our workshop.
See the collaboration →
Crystal removed, seals replaced, measured polishing of the bezel, pressure test.
Removal with tweezers, big date and moon phase checked, patina preserved as you choose.
Complete disassembly, blued screws and jewels inspected one by one, precision lubrication, timing adjustment over 1 to 2 weeks.
Full reassembly, water-resistance test, final inspection before insured return.
Restoration begins where a service ends: remaking a part that no longer exists exactly as it was, giving a century-old movement back its geometry, returning steel to its mirror finish without erasing the patina.
Workshop piece, circa 1910A gold hunter case, a minute repeater that had not struck for decades, and an instantaneous counter whose original parts no longer exist in any catalogue. Complete overhaul at the bench, missing parts remade by hand.
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Every restoration comes with its historical and technical report : the origin of the calibre, the operations carried out, the parts remade, photographs of every stage. The watch leaves with its memory written down.
Entrust us with a restoration →From a sentimental quartz to a great vintage chronograph: every watch receives the same care, the same precision. Click to enlarge.
Drag to reveal the restoration of a century-old movement: cleaning, rebushing and getting it running again.
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And yours,
what story does it carry?
ORBIS is a brilliant watchmaker from the Vallée de Joux joined by a specialist in client relations. Two trades, one house, independent since 2022.
01 / Co-founderES technician in microtechnology, specialising in restoration and complications. He graduated top of his class in 2023, received three Audemars Piguet prizes for best graduate, then spent a year at the service centre of a major watch group in Canada.
02 / Co-founderFederal diploma in public relations and a second diploma in digital marketing. He is the link between the workshop and collectors, in Europe and in Asia.
03 / WatchmakerHe trained for four years at the École technique de la Vallée de Joux, where he earned his CFC as a watch repairer, followed by an ES technician's diploma in watch construction. He welcomes you at the Yverdon workshop.
A non-exhaustive list: a glimpse of the complexity we take on at the bench, from a sentimental quartz to the grand complication.
Gongs, hammers, silent governor: we tune minute repeaters and give them back their voice, down to the rarest calibres.
Patek Philippe minute repeater
Striking of the hours and quarters on demand. Hammers regulated, gongs adjusted and a rare mechanism brought back to life.
Chronoswiss quarter repeater
Rotating cage, suspended escapement: one of the most delicate complications to adjust, handled with all due care.
Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon
One of the most demanding mechanisms in watchmaking, and precisely the one our Le Brassus workshop was designed for.
IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar
Multi-counter chronographs, openworked calibres and high-frequency movements, reassembled with the patience that went into their design.
Zenith Defy El Primero
One of the most famous chronographs in the world. We overhaul it to the standard it set itself.
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
Shaped cases, automatic chronographs, two-tone dials: demanding geometry, reassembly as originally built.
TAG Heuer Monaco
Complete calendars, days, dates, moon phases: the complications most workshops send straight back to the manufacture.
Raymond Weil Freelancer Moonphase
Reversible cases, manual calibres, service-issue pieces: discreet work that calls for a hand trained in the old school.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso
Pressure water-resistance test, seal replacement, inspection of the automatic calibre, so you can head back out to sea with peace of mind.
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Iconic references and inherited pieces: cases and movements that call for a specialist's hand.
Vacheron Constantin Fiftysix
Tuning-fork Accutron, early quartz, jumping displays: vintage watch electronics can be repaired too, coils and circuits included.
Bulova Accutron SpaceviewTwo workshops and a drop-off point in French-speaking Switzerland. In Yverdon and at our partner Evergold in Lausanne, you can drop off your watch without an appointment. In Le Brassus, our watchmaker welcomes you by appointment.
Answer three questions and add a photo: you immediately get a price range, followed by a firm, free quote within 7 days.
Your brand is not on the list? We can very probably look after it. Contact us.
ORBIS Atelier Horloger is an independent workshop. Apart from Tissot, Mido, Certina and Longines, for which we are an approved service centre, we are neither affiliated with the brands mentioned on this page nor appointed or sponsored by them. The names and trademarks cited belong to their respective owners and are used solely to identify the pieces we look after.
