Do not, and I do ask, do not even let this guy see your watch. I made a super mistake and put my…read moregold antique pocket watch into the washer and dryer. Broke the crystal, lost a hand and did some inside the case damage, he says he is in South Thomaston,but I had to bring the watch all the way to Boothbay for him to see. He said there was damage and that he would be able to fix it, the cost would be about $250.00 and I agreed. He said to give him a couple weeks and give him a call, he wrote the fix order on the back of his business card as a receipt. Almost three weeks later I gave him a call and he stated he had not worked on it and that it was sitting in a oil bath to fight "rust" that was building on the watch, again he said give him a week and call. I did this. A week later I called and once again he stated he has not had the time to work on my watch as he was busy with "spring time clean up" yard work. He stated to give him another week and call. Once again I gave him a week and called, he stated he did not do any work on the watch and that it was sitting at the shop and he has not been to the shop that week. At this point I was done and said, "do I need to take this some place else" and he stated to just give him a week and call and this I did, when I called for the 5th time, he stated he was not able to find the parts that he needed and that maybe if I could find a bigger shop they might be able to find the parts. All of this after he stated to me that he had all the parts needed to fix this watch, including the crystal. He said he wanted to install a plastic crystal as it would be stronger. I told him I wanted my watch back and he stated he would get it out of the "oil bath" and for me to go back to Boothbay and pick it up, "NO CHARGE" and that the oil bath will have helped the next person with the "rust" problem. A week later I picked it up, it was in a plastic sandwich bag with a business card with my name and "NO CHARGE" written on it. I got this to another repair shop and told them the story of John Thomas and they said there was no "oil " used inside the watch I stated it was sitting in a oil bath according to Mr. Thomas , she stated there was no oil as there was still residue on parts from the washer inside the watch and no sign of any oil. Do not waste your time on this clown. He is no professional in any sense of the word and lied about the oil. I would also think if there was oil involved there would have been oil inside the plastic bag he gave my watch back in! I spent more time writing this review than he did working on my watch! Maybe if you need a battery replaced he would be ok, but take it to radio shack and get it done right! I had to give him one star or I could not post this, if it were up to me he would not have that one star!