I've recently sent two Caliber 11 Autavias to Craig at Chronodeco and I could not be more satisfied with his workmanship. One was very worn out needing several parts replacement. Both turned out working as new. His rates are fair and he will give you an accurate timetable for completion.
Bob
: After 6 months I finally have my watch back or what remains of it.
: In April of 2013 I was gifted a Autavia 11630 GMT from my
: father-in-law. He had worn it for many years and wore all the
: numbers off the bezel, scratched the crystal considerably, and
: the watch did not work. I joined the forum back then and began a
: search for ways to restore it. I read a few less than satisfied
: people who had sent their watches back to Tag Heuer in
: Switzerland so I began to search stateside for a repair shop. I
: read several nice reviews about WatchRepair.net in Florida. The
: business owner seemed polite, nice, and to me knowledgeable with
: lists and lists of happy testimonial of watches repaired that
: were much more valuable than mine. So I sent it off. Within a
: week I got an estimate for replacing crystal, bezel, and
: cleaning, lubricating, and repairing. Although my wife wanted me
: to keep the scratched crystal, and worn off bezel I gave the go
: ahead for replacement to look as the man said "like
: new". About 6 weeks later I received the watch back and it
: did indeed look brand new. Only trouble is it did not keep time
: for more than about 10 minutes then stopped. The repair shop
: said it was under warranty to return and he would make it right.
: What was ensued was 6 months of calls, promises, apologies, and
: explanations about how difficult it was to repair old watches.
: Finally a week ago I got the watch back. It does keep time. Stop
: watch works to some degree but the small hour clock will not
: return to zero when I try to reset with button 2. (I'm still
: looking for a proper manual to make sure I am doing it right).
: Minute clock resets fine. At this point I think I will enjoy
: what I have and wait awhile and find someone different and
: closer to Indiana before I attempt another repair. Not sure if
: it is even worth trying to do much to restore since I now have a
: new but not original bezel and crystal. Any advise from readers?