Clock repair and restoration, manufacture of missing parts, house-calls for grandfather clocks, free estimates at his studio. Competitive prices. Along with the Swiss lathes, drills, bits, pinions, gears and a multitude of clock components, Francesc Peich’s studio is well equipped with the tools that have been passed down through the family trade.
Heir to a family tradition
The Peichs have been clockmakers for three generations, first in the neighbourhood of Sarria in Barcelona, Spain and, for the past 20 years, in Montreal, Canada. Rellotjeria Peich was the official clockmaker to the Catalan railway company and between 1916 and the 1980s repaired more than 100,000 clocks and watches, many belonging to collectors.

A clockmaker’s education
Along with the family apprenticeship, he received a diploma from Barcelona’s school of clockmaking and took part in work-study programmes in Switzerland. He was employed at the prestigious Swiss houses of Favre-Leuva and Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Major commissions
Repaired the clock in the tower of the church of Sarria, Barcelona, Spain.
Repaired McGill University’s 14 chimed carillon clock, an English clock dating to 1835 which was presented to the University by King George V.
Restored the bronze and repaired the workings of a Louis XV cartel with chronometer escapement.

All types of clocks repaired:
Pendulum
Cuckoo
Anniversary
Atmos
Longcase
Cartel
American
Comtoise

Types of repairs
Cleaning of clock movements
Placement of new bouchons
Replacement of damaged parts and fabrication of specialized, hard to find parts (wheels weights, gongs, hands)
Research on date of fabricationRestoration of wooden cases
English longcases
French (comtoises)
German carillons
Restoration of bronze cases
French Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Empire