Name: IOANNIS MONOS HOROLOGY
Address: Athens, Greece

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Conservation- restoration of watches and clocks

Restoration of a stemwind pocket watch, circa 1870

Restoration of a vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch, 1940

Restoration of a pocket keywind watch Vacheron Genève, 1860

Restoration of an open face pocket watch and engraving on its case, Vacheron & Constantin 18 lignes, circa 1890

Conservation and restoration of Vienna regulators and mantel clocks

Restoration of a Fratelli Solari tower clock, late 19th cent.

Conservation and restoration of a car's dashboard clock

Conservation and restoration of Marine Chronometers

Bespoke Watchmaking

Restoration of an Audemars Frères ¼ repeater chronograph movement (Le Phare)

Decoration of watches and clocks movements

Restoration and decoration of a vintage pocket watch movement (graining, mirror polishing, blueing, satin finishing)

Restoration and decoration by hand engraving of a vintage wristwatch movement (spotting, clouding, mirror polishing, blueing, satin finishing)

Restoration of vintage Watch and Clock Dials

Dial (cadran) Restorations of antique wristwatch and pocket watch

Dial (cadran) Restoration of an antique marine clock

Engraving - Guillochage

Decorating by hand engraving or by the rose engine lathe (tour à guillocher)

Rose Engine Lathe (Tour à guillocher)

Engraving upon request

Decorated pieces - hand engraving or guillochage

Antique Horological Tools

Restoration or making of antique horological tools and measuring instruments

Replicas of antique horological tools made by Ioannis Monos

More replicas of antique horological tools made by Ioannis Monos

Restoration of antique watchmaking tools, reproduction of missing parts and accessories

Watch - Clock Cases

Restoration of antique watch and clock cases, making using traditional techniques, execution of handmade cases to accommodate antique movements

Restoration of a ladies pendant antique watch, making its middle part

Making by hand the silver case for an antique movement pocket watch Dubois & Fils early 19th cent.

Making a case for a Smith & Son split seconds chronograph antique movement - Ioannis Monos' design

Making by hand the case of an antique pocket chronograph movement ¼ repeater, 19th cent.

Pocketwatch

Making by hand the case for a pocket watch dual chronograph movement, 19th cent.

Making by hand the case for an historical pocket watch calendar movement for the Turkish marketa (calendar - phases of the moon), 19th cent.

Wristwatch

Restoration of the case and of the dial (cadran) for a vintage Chronograph Comex Landeron 48, 1940-1950

Clock Cases

Restoration of the case for an antique floor clock, Comptoise

Restoration of a vintage marine chronometer box

Restoration of an antique car speedometer (construction of a new bezel)

Expertise

Technical and Historical Information on demand

Demonstration upon request of watchmaking techniques

Turning a balance staff for an Ulysse Nardin marine chronometer, early 20th c.

Making a spring detent for an Ulysse Nardin marine chronometer, 20th c.

Making of a verge escapement - Steps

Expertise Consultant

Form follows function: 200 + 200 Decorative and Applied Arts 1621 – 2021, Publication of Ilias Lalaouni Jewelry Museum temporary exhibition, Greece 2022

The Value of Time, Publication of Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Greece 2005

Articles and Press

Published Articles about Traditional Horology Techniques

Manufacture of the escape wheel for an English duplex pocket watch using a restored 19th century Swiss wheel cutting engine - author Ioannis Monos, Chronométrophilia Bulletin N°88, Switzerland 2022

The story of an engine turning lathe (machine à guillocher) discovered in the Swiss Jura and restored in ... Athens (2nd part) - author Ioannis Monos, Chronométrophilia Bulletin N°87, Switzerland 2021

The story of an engine turning lathe (machine à guillocher) discovered in the Swiss Jura and restored in ... Athens (1st part) - author Ioannis Monos, Chronométrophilia Bulletin N°86, Switzerland 2020

Restoration of a pocket watch signed Dubois et fils - author Ioannis Monos, Chronométrophilia Bulletin N°77, Switzerland 2015

Replicas of antique watchmaker's tools made in Greece - author Ioannis Monos, Chronométrophilia Bulletin N°65, Switzerland 2009

Interviews

Horology: How love turns to art, Eleftherotypia Greek newspaper, Greece 2010

Watchmaker - Conservator of mechanical works of art, Esquire Greek magazine, Greece 2010

Contact Us

Ioannis Monos Horology, Athens, Greece

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Academies and Watchmaking Schools

Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI), Zürich, Switzerland

Fondation WOSTEP École Horlogère, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Horological Institutes

British Horological Institute (BHI), Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Associations regarding Horology

Chronométrophilia - Association suisse des amateurs d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Association Française des Amateurs d’Horlogerie Ancienne, Besançon, France

National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Inc, Columbia, USA

Horological Societies

The Antiquarian Horological Society, London, UK

Horology Museums

Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

The Clockmakers’ Museum, The Science Museum, London, UK

Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France

Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK

International Research Projects related to Horology

The Antikythera Mechanism Research project, Under the aegis of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece |A Portable Cosmos, author Alexander Jones | Read more about the Antikythera Mechanism...

Exhibitions in Greece related to Watchmaking

Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum temporary exhibition: "Form follows function, 200 + 200 Decorative and Applied Arts 1621 – 2021", The temporary exhibition is under the aegis of the President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou