eznfrank
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| posted on 14/1/10 at 09:23 PM |
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OT - Can anyone recommend a decent watch doctor?
I've got a Raymond Weil Saxo watch which cost me about £500 a good few years ago. It needs a service, new battery and could do with a new face
as it has a tiny chip in it. The thing is I've had quotes from £175 - 250 which seems a hell of a lot to me and hardly seems worth it, but the
watch has more sentimental vaue than anything as I bought it with a bit of money I got when my Nan died.
Any recommendations or should I just pony up the dough?!?!
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paulf
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| posted on 14/1/10 at 09:33 PM |
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Sounds about the right price, I have an Omega sea master that I bought years ago and when it packed up I put it in a drawer and forgot about it ,last
year I inquired about a service with a new glass and strap and it was in the region of £200.
It is still in the drawer at present as I hardly wear a watch nowadays as I work in a food factory and cant wear a watch at work so got out of the
habit of wearing one.
Paul
quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
I've got a Raymond Weil Saxo watch which cost me about £500 a good few years ago. It needs a service, new battery and could do with a new face
as it has a tiny chip in it. The thing is I've had quotes from £175 - 250 which seems a hell of a lot to me and hardly seems worth it, but the
watch has more sentimental vaue than anything as I bought it with a bit of money I got when my Nan died.
Any recommendations or should I just pony up the dough?!?!
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v8kid
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| posted on 14/1/10 at 09:36 PM |
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Yup sounds about right I paid £300 to get my Explorer serviced last year.
Unless you have a sentimental attachment put it back in the drawer and buy a Swatch 
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Agriv8
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| posted on 14/1/10 at 10:39 PM |
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There is a bloke in burley in wharfdale. My old man takes his 40 year old Accurist to him - think it was arround £40 for a service.
somthing like 'richards adams' its next to chippie ont main st
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 14/1/10 at 11:26 PM |
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I've used Swiss Serve in Bridlington he specialises in Swiss watches does a good job.
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jeffw
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 06:24 AM |
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I wondered why you wanted a decent Witch Doctor till I read the thread 
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02GF74
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 07:47 AM |
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new battery? - a fiver from the little old man in watford market.
new face??? you mean new glass - how can you chip the face?
dunno, but £ 150 seems rather a lot, cannot be more than 10 mnute job, soucring the glass may be the hardest part of that puzzle.
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gdp66
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 08:57 AM |
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I'v used these people to repair the strap on a tag. about half the price of the high st.
http://www.watchdoctors.co.uk/
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Jasper
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 10:32 AM |
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Don't use the manufacturers repair service, always a rip off. Down here in the Lanes in Brighton there are a couple of good reasonable
repairers.
My Dad has a Cartier watch which had a broken strap. Took it to a Cartier dealer, was told it can't be repaired and needed a new strap at £400.
He took it around the corner to a local guy, fixed it in 10 minutes and didn't charge him 
[Edited on 15/1/10 by Jasper]
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 10:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
soucring the glass may be the hardest part of that puzzle.
It's called a "crystal" in watch parlance. Replacing it may be quite difficult, some are bonded in with epoxy.
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mds167
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 01:15 PM |
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I've heard of
http://www.rytetimewatchrepairs.co.uk/
through the RLT Watch Forum but have never used him.
I've had my Omegas cleaned/serviced by Swiss Time Services in Essex but they aren't cheap.
Crystals shouldn't be expensive (unless from an AD) but a new dial might be.
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