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 for existing clients only, 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 use 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.”