Peter Hertel Master Watchmaker

German Watch Service in Chiang Mai

Master Certificate

About me

I was born on 08 April 1958, the son of a watchmaking family in Bad Langensalza. After school, I completed an apprenticeship as a computer and typewriter mechanic. After graduation, I began my training as a watchmaker and then acquired the championship title. Later, I took over my father's watchmaking company. There I deal with the sale of watches and jewelery and the repair of complicated watches. During my many years of work, I have gained a lot of experience. Some time ago, I relocated from Germany to Thailand and am now working for you in Chiang Mai, more precisely in the Doi Saket district. I have found that there is a large community of watch enthusiasts here in Chiang Mai who own quality Swiss watches and want them taken care of. I have had a number of Omega, Rolex, Patek Philippe, Jaeger LeCoultre, Roamer, Tag Heuer and so on watches repaired here. If you have a valuable watch that needs repair, please contact me. A high-quality mechanical watch would like to be cleaned and repaired by an experienced watchmaker after 5 to 8 years. Her precious, beloved watch is in good hands with me. Also visit my gallery. There I put together some repair reports and pictures.

Gallery menu

In this gallery, you'll see a small selection of repair work I've done and documented lately. For a closer look, please click on a selection field.

Repair Laco Sport men's watch automatic

Repair Omega men's watch caliber 651

Nordmende Rigoletto tubular radio from the 50

Repair of a tube radio from the 50s

Repair and modification Men's Watch Panerai Radiomir High Level Replication

Patek Philippe Calatrava 18 CT Gold Automatic Kal 28-255 Watch Repair and Restoration

Patek Philippe Calatrava 18 CT Gold Automatic Kal 28-255 Repair and Restoration

Rolex men's watch automatic DateJust 16200 caliber 3135 repair and service

Repair of a table clock with escapement and striking mechanism from the beginning of 1900

American pocket watch Waltham Mass circa 1920

American Pocket Watch Waltham Mass Repair and Service

Replica Watch Panerai Submersible Automatic 300m / 1000ft

Panerai Submersible Automatic 300m/1000ft Replica Repair and Service

Replica Watch Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica Repair and Service

Panerai Submersible Automatic 300m/1000ft Replica Repair and Service

This replica Panerai Submersible Automatic was brand new at its owner. However, he found that the clockwork did not work properly and the clock stopped after a short time. I never got this type of watch for repair in Germany. Here in Asia these replica watches are of higher quality and not cheap to buy. A repair is definitely possible and makes sense. The Chinese movements that are used here lack quality control. My customer's watch was not damaged in transit, it never worked from the start. After opening the back cover you can see the rotor and the decoration bridge. After these parts have been removed, the actual movement is revealed. The locking spring of the reduction wheel was not correctly attached and was severely deformed by the movement of the rotor. So this spring has been straightened and fixed in its correct position. Now this movement works perfectly.