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Re: Service # 1504037 I had sent in the timepiece to the Swatch Service Center in New Jersey, USA in August 2022. The timepiece was received on Aug 12, service was approved by me on Aug 25, and all required parts were available on Aug 25, 2022. At that time, I was promised a completion date of...

I have an Omega Seamaster quartz and a Tag Heuer Indy 500 quartz from around 2007 or so. Not sure when the batteries died, but neither has not been running for a few years. I’m planning to go to a local jeweler for a battery replacement and pressure testing. Wanted to know what other things I...

My Seamaster is almost 5 years old. When I bought the watch it was suggested that I have it serviced before the 5 year warranty period ran out so that if any parts needed replacement they might be covered under the warranty. I rang the Omega shop today and they said that I only really need to...

Hi all, I would like to learn more about servicing watches, practicing on some of my inexpensive vintage watches. Does anybody know what materials are required to start? And around how much it costs?

I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who inherited a vintage Patek Gondolo from his grandfather, who purchase the watch directly from an AD in the early 50s and has worn it regularly until recently. I don't know the reference number but the last service was probably 10-15 years ago. The watch...

I sent my Ressence Type 3 in for service in March to address a few small issues, the more pressing one being a problem with the oil pressure regulation mechanism that caused small bubbles to show up. I could have stretched it out a bit longer, but I figured that if I got it done now, the watch...

to give a little background, I inherited a Tag 2000 series from my late grandfather. I don’t think it was ever serviced, and is in serious need of an overhaul. On top of that, the crown is stripped to its last leg. I went to local, relatively reputable watch shop today, and they quoted me $475...

Hi everyone! I finally brought in my old Doxa to get it serviced. After receiving a new mainspring, and having removed quite a bit of rust, it's back up and running quite well. It also had among other things, a damaged crystal that was replaced, an random crown that was replaced, as well as...

Hi guys, I purchased this watch a little while ago and took it to my local watchmaker. However, it requires replacement gears that he was unable to source. This causes the watch to occasionally slip when you wind it (it then makes a horrendous noise as the gears jam back together not unlike...

Hey everyone I've got an old Hamilton and it looks to me like a 60's model. It's a "Moxie" branded Thinomatic and spent the last few decades in a drawer. I'd love to get it working again and wear it. While the movement starts right up when I shake the watch a little, the momentum stops a few...

Does anyone have any experience or recommendation about IWC servicing in Sydney please? I've just been quoted "about $1,000" from Max Schweizer for a pilot MK XVII and looking for other options. I usually use James Wang in the Hunter Connection for my Seikos but this will be the first time i...

I brought my Rado Diastar in to Tourneau for a quick checkup as it was running fast and asked them about how much it would cost to service it as it has never been serviced before as far as I know. The sales guy said it will be around $500 to send it out to get serviced, is that true? Any...

Thanks to being a weirdo collector, I now have a bunch of old Soviet watches, some of which I picked up at markets in Poland and Ukraine, and some of which I got on eBay. Woohoo! But now I'd like to service them, and I've never serviced watches anymore. It looks like some bizarro Chinese...

Hope it's okay to ask in this forum. I've got more than 30 PWs, does anyone know a good watchmakers in SE Asia? Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, ... Had some really bad experiences. Like when I asked to get a friend's old mechanical wristwatches serviced. Yeah, someone took the money. No, nothing, nada...

Hello, I just registered after reading maaany threads on this informative forum. I have read just about every thread about servicing mechanical watches and there seems to be a philosophy of "if it ain't broke don't fix it", which I can understand to some extent, but on the other hand you'd never...

i've noticed that my Visodate no longer has the ridiculous lustre it used to have (when i unboxed it, i could examine it at every angle under really intense lighting and not see a single scratch or flaw - it was like glass), and no amount of polishing cloth/lint-free cloth combo has seemed to...

Hi, I'm new to this forum! Can any1 kindly advise me any watch repair shop in SG where I can send Sea-Gull watches for servicing, and Ingersoll & Android (with Sea-Gull movements) for repairs? My brother was quoted $150 to repair his Ingersoll by the local agent. The technician claimed that...

Hi, guys. I don't really belong here (yet) other than as an interested observer. I have however just been added to a waiting list for a Nautilus 5711 Black/Blue dial and I have been reading around about the watch (here and elsewhere of course). One thing I am wondering about is servicing...

I got my seiko 6139 6002 looked at a couple days ago and the watch guy says its just really dirty inside. Unfortunately he suggests not getting it cleaned as it would cost 150-200$. I was wondering if this was true from everyone else's past experiences. It doesn't have the original strap but its...

Hello all, I'm a fairly new member. I have several vintage watches I've collected over the past couple years. I'm trying to decide what to have serviced and keep and what to sell. I'm not really sure in terms of "IS IT WORTH IT" to pay for a full service. All of these watches have some unique...