TEFLON COATING YOUR WATCH:

Teflon Coating - What is it?

• Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or 'Teflon' is a remarkable synthetic flouropolymer.
• In addition to being "non-stick," Teflon coating also has the benefit of being low-friction, non-wetting, and very resistant to temperature, electrical charges and most chemicals. 
• PTFE coating is vastly superior to your watch's original black PVD coating!
• Teflon coating is one of the coatings utilized by the US Military as a surface treatment to protect weapons and critical field equipment. 
  

An example of a watch we frequently refinish with Teflon is the Chronosport UDT.  Most of these watches have been utilized daily for many years by military and/or police, and resemble the watch below:

Note the original coating degradation on all major surfaces of the case, down to the base metal.  This type of wear is unfortunately very common on valuable Chronosport UDTs.  The owner of this UDT also failed to have the gaskets replaced every 2-3 years and water resitance verification (pressure testing) performed.  The result was water intrusion into the case and destruction of the luminous coating on the dial and hands and damage to the quartz, Breitling movement.

Our exclusive Teflon Refinishing process involves:

• Full disassembly of your case parts and movement. 
  

This is the Chronosport UDT, Type II, fully disassembled, typical of the precision work we do when properly servicing your valuable UDT.

• Recoating of the Chronosport UDT Case.

• Replacement of the case tube.

We can restore or replace your original case tube with stainless. 

• New case tube installed.

TWe can restore your old crown (setting knob) by having it Teflon coated (as above), and replace the gasket, OR we can install a new black crown exactly as the original.

• New chrono-pushers installed.

After discussion with military special forces veterans who wore the UDT in combat, we determined that another weaknesses of the original UDT was its pusher bodies (red arrows above).  We can replace all of these failure-prone areas with new, Swiss stainless pusher bodies and a case tube during your UDT's case refinishing.

• TEFLON your chrono pushers and crown!
  

Another wear-prone area of the UDT is its infamous crown and chrono pusher buttons.  Teflon coating these (an optional service) provides an extremely durable finish to an otherwise high-wear area of this watch.

• The TEFLON finished results are truly amazing!

• As are the CERAMIC coating results . . .

We can refinish most watches with Teflon or Cerakote, including the Type II Chronosport UDT.  We have the proper training, parts and tools to properly service your watch.  Why not send it for an estimate?

WHAT IS THE COST TO REFINISH MY WATCH?

We will only quote refinishing costs on watches sent to us for an evaluation.  Prices for refinish project start at $415 and up.  Your watch must be sent in for an advanced repair quote in order to determine exact refinish pricing.

Your watch requires 8 steps to be expertly refinished:

1. Evaluated for suitability (not all watches will be good candidates for refinishing)
2. Disassembled completely and CORRECTLY!
3. Ultrasonically cleaned
4. Inspected and prepared for bead blasting
5. Bead blasted
6. Coated
7. Inspected and reassembled with new gaskets
8. Pressure Tested

We can also perform the following repairs on watches sent in for complete service:

• Overhaul your movement
• Replace crown and restore or replace case tube 
• Replace chronopushers (buttons)
• Replace crystal and crystal gasket
• Replace defective movement parts
• Relume/restore the hands and dial

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