Antique Clock Repair and Clock Restoration
Member of the British Horological Institute and British Watch and Clockmakers' GuildWe concentrate on providing a full restoration service for antique clocks.  We have the expertise and the experience to repair nearly every possible kind of domestic antique clock from carriage clocks to the largest longcase clocks, from simple thirty hours to complex musical clocks.
We are used to restoring missing parts (moon-drives, calendars, hands etc...) having restored many thousands of antique clocks over the years.
We do not undertake furniture / clock case restoration ourselves but use one of three excellent furniture restorers in Stamford, according to the work required. We also have superb contacts for tortoise-shell and other hard-to-pin-down restorers. We work closely with Jewelworks - www.jewelworks.co.uk, who staff our London workshop when we are not there and who do superb jewellery restoration and repair.
We do lacquer case restoration ourselves. This can be slow and expensive work, but we think we are pretty good at it.
We have a flexible attitude to clock restoration standards. Some customers are truly looking for "restoration" in the traditional sense of the word, and expect clocks to gleam as though they were made last week. Others may seek a far more sensitive approach.
We care for customers' clocks. Each is fully insured and kept in exceptionally secure premises. We impressed our insurance company so much they asked if we could give lessons!
Another reason we try to complete work as quickly as possible is our own insurance limits. It only takes a few truly top flight clocks to bump up the limit.
We always welcome visitors to our main clock workshops in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Stamford is a small and very pretty market town exactly half way between London and Harrogate on the A1.
The town defies superlatives in term of appearance and historical interest; It was the first ever listed Conservation Area in England, and is a thriving, bustling Georgian market town. We work in a former coaching inn, built in 1666.
We are open Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 5.00 excepting bank holidays. Saturdays 10.00 to 4.00.
Alternatively we are happy to visit clocks in the home or office, either around Stamford or Harrogate, or in central and north London.
Robert Loomes Clock Restoration,
3, Saint Leonard's Street,
Stamford PE9 2HU tel 01780 481319
Harrogate 01423 847032
London 0207 4772224
Below is a quick snapshot of where we work. Unpreposessing from the outside, it houses four floors of horological expertise.
Whilst the place was built in 1666 and has bags of charm, our first priority was security, and the thick walls and stout doors were a winner - you can't ram-raid this building! 
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