About S.Demanuele
- 03 May 2022
S.Demanuele is a family business in its 4th generation.
We have been specializing in watch and clock repair and manufacturing since 1898.
The founder Salvatore Demanuele started the business of repairing clocks, gramophones, cameras, typewriters and all kinds of precision tools, machinery and instruments. In his career he built a number of tower clocks, mostly in churches, and some of which are still in use today.
His first clock, an 8-day striking tower clock, was commissioned by the British services and installed in St. Andrew's barracks in 1923. It was later moved to the church of Tal-Mirakli in Lija, where it remains to this day. His second commission was for the Mellieha church in 1927 and the third, intended as a copy of the Lourdes Sanctuary, was inaugurated on the 30th August 1931 at Zabbar Parish. On the 6th October of the same year bishop Mauro Caruana O.S.B. declared 100 days indulgence to people who said a Hail Mary when the clock chimed the Ave Maria.
Salvatore was awarded 3 medals for clock making.
Our heritage propels us forward in today’s horological environment where a large variety of time pieces are in circulation. We believe in holding dear to the specific set of skills, knowledge and tools it takes to repair vintage time pieces, while pushing forward to keep up to date with today’s innovations.
Besides our passion for repairing time pieces, we have been in business of stocking parts for this industry for generations. We hold a large quantity of parts for a wide variety of watch and clock brands, for antique, vintage and modern timepieces. We also provide the local horological society with the parts needed to repair your timepiece.
Nowadays in our workshop we have the ability to cater for repairs for almost any brand including large brands such as Rolex, Omega, Panerai, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Tissot, Longines, IWC, Hermle, and many others.
Today we are expanding our business online, providing both the local and foreign market with our professional repairs and the wide variety of tools and parts related to the horological world.
In our store you will find a broad selection of related items for the repair, care and storage of your time piece, such as tools, parts, cases and watch winders. We also specialize in the retail of cuckoo clocks, wall clocks, alarm clocks, and weather instruments.
Our database of items is increasing daily and our team is working hard in adding new stock helping you find whatever your timepiece need, so if you don’t find what you are looking forward in our online store, contact us, we will be more than happy to help, and get to know a new customer.
Here at S. DEMANUELE, efficiently and effectively catering for all your timepiece needs has been our main priority and pride for over a century!
