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Cost to change watch hands?

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#1 ·
Going to go talk to the watchmaker in the next few days, how much should it cost to get hands changed? what about pressure testing after?
 
#2 ·
Shouldn't cost that much. It only takes me a few minutes to change/reset hands on a watch and I am far from a professional. Obviously a chronograph will cost more/take longer than a regular 3 (or even 2) handed watch. This is assuming that you are just changing the hands for aesthetic reasons and nothing is broken, if you are looking for service/replacement of the canon-pinion (that's the part that holds the hands on) it will cost much more.

Not sure about a pressure test, some places will do this for free after opening/servicing your watch if they have the equipment.