R. McMahon Watchmaker's Swiss watch repair service. We have the best equipped vintage Rolex service workshop and vintage OMEGA repair workshop in Adelaide, South Australia.
Independent qualified watchmakers, vintage Omega and Rolex experts.
We specialise in vintage mechanical OMEGA pre-1980 model restoration, Speedmaster calibre 321, 861 and 1861 specialists (No Co-Axial or quartz models), Rolex all gents mechanical models up to calibre 3100 series Rolex (No 3200 series) and vintage Tudor.
Tonsley Innovation District.
1 Tonsley Boulevard, Tonsley SA 5042.
By appointment only.
Free parking in car park 1, shop entrance through glass sliding door at ground level.
Accessible parking with flat access to our front door from car park 1.
By appointment only. Please book by email or text one of the numbers provided. Entrance at car park level glass sliding door.
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, Monday to Friday. 10 am to 4pm. We no longer take appointments outside of these hours.
For booking information please click for an email link here, it is the best way to contact us. info@rmcmahon.com.au
Alternatively book an appointment by text on 0404117186 or 0403586850.
Please email us before sending watch repairs to make sure it is a brand and type we restore. Do not send to the workshop address. Please see courier and postage address page.
We do NOT offer watch valuations or advice on watch authentication.
Please note our minimum service charge is $750.
We do not do part repairs or minor repair. Please see our Omega and Rolex service estimate page on the website.
We are specialising in VINTAGE OMEGA and Rolex repairs.
High grade Swiss mechanical vintage watches like Vintage Breitling, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and JLC serviced and restored. Please check with us in advance if we can assist with these brands, we specialise in high grade vintage models only, mostly pre-1980’smodels. We have many reviews and happy customer feedback on our Facebook page.
Vintage Swiss watch shop selling quality vintage Rolex and Omega.
Antique pocket watch repair (Minimum charge is $750.
Custom watch manufacture to order.
Please email to book appointment times - richard@rmcmahon.com.au
Wrist and pocket watches hand made to order in our Tonsley, South Australia based workshop. More details below on our website. We hand make our own enamel dials, cases, hands and finish high grade Swiss movements or our own custom manufacture on offer. Custom builds in stainless steel with a manual wind movement and hand made enamel dial start at $12,000.
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EFTPOS and major credit cards accepted in store. EFT cleared to our account before collection. Cash not accepted.
Interstate sales over 1K strictly by EFT. We no longer accept credit card payments over 1K by phone.
Please contact us on info@rmcmahon.com.au for further enquiries.
International watchmaker with over 34 years experience as a qualified professional watch restorer. Trusted official restorer for JLC, Cartier, Breitling and Rolex agencies in the UK. Now based in the Tonsley Innovation District South Australia.
Expert Rolex service and restoration. The best equipped Vintage OMEGA service workshop in Adelaide. Proudly independent qualified watch restoration experts.
Modern ultrasonic cleaning for high grade current models. Gentle cycle cleaning machines for vintage and antique Rolex and Omega vintage watches. We have the most experienced and best equipped vintage watch restoration centre in Adelaide, South Australia.
Our workshop.
Richard McMahon trained as a horologist first in Adelaide starting in watch repair in 1989 completing his apprenticeship in 1994. In 1994 was accepted as an Executive Member of the Horological Guild of Australasia (No. 5120). In 1995 moving to Clocks of Distinction in Sydney for 5 years. In the year 2000 moving to London and working on Bond Street as a certified contractor for Cartier and as the preferred vintage restorer referrals from Rolex St James square, specialising in restoring models Rolex were no longer servicing at the time, (Rolex Submariner 6200, 6204, 5508 and 5513. Rolex GMT 6542. Bubble back Oyster Rolex and Prince models). We were the contract official restoration workshop for JLC complications and Breitling chronographs at Somlo Antiques in Piccadilly London, the leading authorised vintage Omega restoration centre in the UK, for rare models sent from Australia and parts of Asia boutiques.
Specialising in complicated movements, Richard is a vintage watch expert, specialising in chronographs, repeating watches and hand-makes components such as balance staffs and winding stems, which have long since gone out of production. Richard returned to his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia in 2015 and established a vintage watch restoration centre in Adelaide, Tonsley Innovation District. R. McMahon Watchmakers has quickly expanded over the interceding years and now boasts some of the most advanced watchmaking equipment in Australia. We service clients timepieces across Australia.
Not just a watch repair shop, a watch restoration centre. Vintage OMEGA service (we no longer work on Co-Axial OMEGA or quartz) and Rolex repair experts.
Richard McMahon has rare experience from his time in London as an expert consultant and preferred restorer for Vintage OMEGA and Rolex. Certified restorer of Cartier, JLC and Breitling while at Somlo antiques in Piccadilly London. He is a fully qualified watchmaker and restorer with over 34 years experience. We offer service most other workshops in Australia are unable to.
We carry one of the largest stocks of genuine Omega parts in Australia.
Our Adelaide watch restoration workshop in the Tonsley Innovation District is well equiped with international standard modern and vintage equipment to ensure the very best in Swiss vintage watch repairs.
Due to our busy workload we are mostly specialising in Vintage OMEGA and vintage Rolex watch repairs. We take on a few other quality Swiss watch brands, so please enquire by email and we will see if we are able to assist.
Watch tester for diagnostics on automatic winding watches. Testing for timekeeping and power reserve on vintage manual wind models of Omega and Rolex.
Latest pressure test diagnostic equipment. Negative pressure test for slim dress models and vintage pieces. Programmable tests up to 10 bar for hard case dive models. We usr a professional wet tester for professional dive models.
Magnetic diagnostic machine for identifying magnetism and the location of the flux. The watch can be demagnetised and then re-checked for faults. This is the modern proven method. Most workshops just demagnetise without knowing the result.
What clients are saying. Just some of many customer reviews. We specialise in looking after serious watch collectors especially vintage Rolex and Omega enthusiasts.
“Outstanding service, sound professional advice. Thanks Richard”
“Outstanding service, amazing knowledge of watches and watch repairs. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my collection, an absolute professional. I always love to see the the great vintage watches available for sale too, this is the place to start for a pre-loved classic.”
Service information
We give priority to vintage OMEGA and Rolex service. Our standard service time is 10 days, we will inform you after quoting about parts availability and service time. Minimum 2 months on complications like vintage minute repeaters and complicated chronographs. We do request a 50% deposit on proceeding on some types of restoration work. We are still specialising in vintage OMEGA and all Rolex. Vintage Breitling, Cartier, Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin service depending on age and model, please contact us to check if we can help. We have a large stock of parts for these models, and are able to restore some early models other workshops are unable to. Our vintage watch repair workshop contains a combination of cutting-edge and traditional watchmaking equipment. We restore wristwatches to exacting standards. We do not service basic quartz or fashion watches as this is not our area of watch repair. Where possible, R. McMahon Watchmakers source original parts for the sympathetic and authentic restoration of valuable time pieces but are also able to custom-make components that have long since lapsed in production or become extinct on the market. For example, some early Rolex and Cartier parts are no longer available, as a qualified and trusted restorer will manufacture parts in my workshop here as I was trusted to do by the official service centres while a senior, certified restoration expert for these companies in London.
Expert restoration of Rolex Submariner, Rolex Sea Dweller, OMEGA Speedmaster Professional and OMEGA Seamaster in our workshop regularly.
We provide 12 month warrantee on Omega and Rolex service repairs. All other brands and types of watches 12 months warrantee is given unless stated otherwise when quoting on the watch repair.
Founder of R. McMahon Watchmakers, Richard completed a four-year apprenticeship in 1994 and is a co-author of the watchmaking industry standards of servicing for the Federal Government of Australia.
Vintage mechanical OMEGA service and restoration, Vintage Rolex service and restoration. Richard was certified by Cartier UK in 2001 at the Bond Street London restoration centre. JLC UK and Breitling restoration UK as an official restorer while at Somlo Antiques. Rolex referral expert while in London from 2001 officially by Rolex St James square. R McMahon Watchmakers is an independent business and has no association with Rolex Australia Service or Swatch Group Omega AG.
Rolex trained case polisher and case re-finisher.
Flat polish and lapping of cases and bracelets.
Chronograph, perpetual calendar, quarter and minute repeater experts.
Custom-made balance staffs, winding stems and watch hands.
Watch dial restoration and sympathetic patina maintenance of hands (re-lume), dial restorations a minimum of 4 months. (Vintage Rolex and Omega only).
Vintage watch expert, and advisor previously in London to Christies and Sotheby's.
Vintage OMEGA and Rolex and Cartier restored expertly, discontinued parts hand made.
Specialising in Vintage and modern Rolex (up to 2015 year), vintage OMEGA pre-1971 (lever escapements only, no Co-Axial escapements or quartz), some vintage Tudor, Cartier and Vintage Breitling. Antique pocket watches (Minimum charge $750).
Our minimum movement service charge for any repair is $750. Please see our section Service Price Guide and Information, it may answer our minimum service charges questions. We provide fixed quotes no-charge by appointment. We do not work from a fixed price list, each restoration is quoted individually. Please check with us BEFORE coming in if we can assist with your watch brand. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Please contact us for VINTAGE OMEGA and Rolex restoration information on. info@rmcmahon.com.au
Our prototyping workshop area. Watch movement parts manufacture. Hand made enamel dials. Watch case manufacture. Prototype medical instrument manufacture and small volume manufacture in medical grade stainless steel and titanium. In-house electroplating and small component anodising. We manufacture as much as we can in-house to make as high a percentage of our machines and watches as possible in the Tonsley Innovation District, South Australia. We are adding new machinery and capabilities regularly.
Custom wristwatch and pocket watch manufacture. Cases, enamel dials and hands made in-house.
Our machines from Switzerland and Germany specifically for case manufacture. We cut, shape and machine case threads to manufacture water resistant cases. We do as much as possible in our watch manufacturing facilities. Our Tonsley site is mostly for enamel dial manufacture, watch case manufacturing, design and testing. It is also our customer service centre for Rolex and Omega vintage watch restoration.
Fully equipped Swiss watch service workshop designed for professional VINTAGE OMEGA and Rolex repairs. The best equipped specialist restoration centre in Adelaide, South Australia.
Our workshop equipment includes.
Siro tech German laser welder, for case repair and parts manufacture.
3 different professional watch cleaning machines. Ultrasonic modern programmable cleaner for modern Rolex. Automatic Elma cleaning machine designed for vintage watches. Certified by OMEGA.
Programmable electronic water pressure tester, safe testing to protect the watch. Certified by OMEGA.
5 lathes for expert machining and milling, indexing heads for wheel cutting.
3 complete polishing machines for case restoration and 3 ultrasonic baths for cleaning. Rolex trained case restorer.
Witschi Watch Expert 4 timing machine. Certified by OMEGA.
Flat lapping polishing equipment for first class watch case restoration. Certified by OMEGA.
Expert Omega restoration, repair and service. We are the most experienced Omega Speedmaster Professional and vintage Omega Seamaster watchmakers in Adelaide. We do not work on Co-Axial models. We complete many complicated restorations other local watchmakers say are impossible. We have many glowing customer reviews from serious watch collectors.
Rolex service and restoration. Rolex Daytona, Rolex Explorer and Rolex Submariner experts. We are Adelaide’s most experienced and qualified vintage watch restoration experts. We have decades of professional experience, working as a senior certified restorer in Europe. Richard McMahon is the only watchmaker in Adelaide to have been officially referred work by Rolex, Cartier, JLC and Breitling vintage restoration. Certified in 2001 by Cartier Bond Street and Rolex St. James Square UK for vintage restoration. We have some serious watch collectors who personally deliver highly collectable Rolex Submariner, GMT and Prince models to us in Adelaide, South Australia. Some are loyal clients I started working on private collections for in the UK and the United States. We have many 5 star reviews and testimonials for our Rolex restoration services.
Made in Adelaide, South Australia
Richard worked in Europe advising independent watch manufacturers as a technical expert and helped with fine tuning of some of the products we see available today. We are not able to mention the companies due to contract agreements. In 2015, founder of R. McMahon Watchmakers, Richard McMahon has embarked on an ambitious journey: to manufacture an Australian-made timepiece in Adelaide, with a large percentage (over 80%) of custom built components. Most moving parts and casings will be hand-made on equipment in the R. McMahon in the Tonsley Innovation District, South Australia. An exclusive list of clients has been invited to collaborate on this project with our founder. Each client will inform the aesthetic outcome of their watch – the design of the dial, the watch hands and the size and shape of the case based on their own preference. Tourbillon and quarter repeater on offer. In an Australian first Richard McMahon is offering to manufacture a completely custom watch to a customer’s specification, custom complications on request, in-house enamel dial manufacture and engraving to ensure the finished product is a world-class timepiece, native to its place of manufacture in Adelaide, South Australia.
Please message for appointment times - info@rmcmahon.com.au
0404117186
0403586850 text for appointment
(Please text your question instead of leaving a voice message)
By appointment only.
Stainless steel and Argentium silver cases hand made in our Tonsley Innovation District workshop. Watch dials hand made in our workshop in enamel, silver, gold, Lapis lazuli. Custom made hands. Manual wind, automatic and chronograph models made to order. Starting at $7,950. Model 1 sold out, photos of models 2 and 3 to follow in coming months. We are still making custom manufactured watches starting at $12,000.
Dial blanks hand cut, here in Adelaide, South Australia.
South Australian opal localy cut and polished. Malachite and mother of pearl cut and polished in our workshop for our custom watch manufacture. Matching hands manufactured in-house.
We have a rare mix of capabilities at R. McMahon Watchmakers. Machinery like the Henri Hauser precision milling machine constructed to manufacture parts in the 1940’s for companies like Patek Philippe and Rolex. To modern CNC machines like Kern and Willemin-Macodel for precision miniature parts. We have the capability to manufacture our own watch cases and precision watch movement parts. In most cases the same machines used by the top factories and independent watchmakers in Europe. Along with hand made enamel watch dials made personally by Richard McMahon, it is indeed a rare facility with this combination of machinery and skills.
Dials manufactured in Silver, gold or copper. Hand enamel in custom colours in our workshop.
Dial flange with holes drilled to be tapped for hand made hour markers.
Custom manufactured pocket watch, at the mid-point of manufacture. In-house enamel dial. Bespoke maritime style hand made stainless steel case for client. (pre-engraving). Suspended hour indicator battons. An example of in-house manufacture.
Hand made enamel dial, case and hands by Richard McMahon in his Tonsley workshop, Souh Australia.
In house movement finish in grey, blue, yellow or rose gold and rhodium.
We manufacture our own enamel dials in-house at our Tonsley workshop in South Australia.
Sterling silver matte finish enamel dials hand made by personally Richard McMahon in our Tonsley workshop. Series 1 manual wind shown here. First series pre-sold. Starting at $7,950 in stainless steel case.
Hand made enamel watch dials made in-house by Richard McMahon.
Cases hand made in our workshop based in Tonsley South Australia.
Custom built pocket watches starting at $12,000. Wrist manual wind chronograph with in house manufactured case and enamel dial starting at $15,000.
Price list for Tonsley Watches by R McMahon.
Steel case, manual movement, painted dial. Sapphire crystal. Leather strap $7,950
Steel case, automatic movement, painted dial or premium stone dial. Leather strap. $8,950.
R. McMahon custom.
Steel case, manual movement, enamel dial custom colour. Leather strap. Sapphire crystal. $12,000.
Steel case, manual movement fly back seconds. Enamel dial. Leather strap. Sapphire crystal. $14,000.
Changes and alterations will be charged accordingly.
Independant vintage Rolex and vintage Omega restoration specialists. A mixture of the latest available service equipment and vintage tooling for the best standard of vintage and antique watch restoration. Adelaide’s leading Swiss watch service experts.
Omega 18K white gold cocktail watch
Circa 1966
Pink “Sapphlex” plexi glass
17.5mm case
Steel Omega buckle
Omega box, no papers
$1,250