Balance of TimeVAIL, ARIZONA
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Every Watch
Has a Story

Thoughtful watch repair, restoration, and a curated collection of vintage and modern watches, each with a past worth exploring or a future yet to come.

Watch Repair & Service

Individual care for quartz, mechanical and vintage watches. Explore the service options for your watch.

Services

Curated Watches

Open a case file, discover a watch’s story, and see the watches available to purchase.

Case Files

Balance of Time · Case Files

Every watch opens a case.

Investigate the stories, examine the watch details, and discover available watches to buy.

A vintage detective-office filing cabinet labeled Pocket Watches, Wrist Watches, Confidential, and Sold.Open the case cabinet

Confidential exhibits appear only with owner permission.

01

Battery & quartz repair

For a watch that has stopped keeping time.

02

Mechanical service

Care for the movement at its heart.

03

Vintage restoration

Preserve the character. Understand the history.

Two Hamilton watches: a round Thin-o-matic on brown leather and an engraved wire-lug watch on black ribbon; digitally styled presentation
Hamilton watches · AI-edited presentation with digitally added straps

TWO ERAS OF HAMILTON

Different eras.
The same thoughtful care.

From early wristwatches to mid-century classics, every watch deserves an approach that respects its character.

A faded dial. A worn case. An inscription on the back. The details that make a watch yours deserve careful consideration.

We evaluate each watch individually—its condition, originality, and history—before deciding what should change, and what should remain.

Inside the workshop
Eric Auffhammer, founder of Balance of Time

THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK

A photographer’s eye.
An investigator’s curiosity.

Balance of Time brings together Eric Auffhammer’s interests in photography, mechanical watches, and the stories carried by objects that survive generations.

Meet Eric

LET’S START WITH YOUR WATCH

Something stopped?
Something inherited?

Tell us what you know. Choose a service quote or appointment from the header when you’re ready.