Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Next time you complain about your service cost...
I have an old Omega watch that I bought a number of years ago...nothing fancy or expensive,I just liked it.
Recently I noticed it hasn't been keeping very good time,so after a conversation at the SCAM the other evening I emailed an Omega service centre in London to enquire about getting it serviced.....
Got my reply this morning......£470 !!
Think I'll just wind it on every morning thanks "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Oct 2013 7:22 am
BrianT
Member Since: 17 Nov 2009
Location: Ayrshire
Posts: 2069
MY 16 Landmark Santorini Black
MY 05 SE Adriatic Blue (Gone but not forgotten)
23rd Oct 2013 8:29 am
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
And the culprit has owned up !
Have you found the Hong Kong eBay Casio shop I told you about ? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Oct 2013 8:41 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10299
£350 for a ful service (6 week strip down and rebuild) on my Seamaster at Ruddells in Harborne (Birmingham).
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
23rd Oct 2013 8:44 am
DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 4399
Whats the ebay Casio shop on ebay ? Might be interested in taking a look.
23rd Oct 2013 9:02 am
Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
Posts: 3254
In 1966 in Aden I bought a Rolex Oysterdate (wind -up version) for £25.00. I saved up for a year. The auto version was £30.00 and I couldn't stretch that far on a Marine's pay. It's been a great watch but the servicing costs are also astronomic in relative terms. I've just sent it in for a service and clean - £300
plus P&P.
Bill WrightNever take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
D4 SDV6 SE Tech Kaikoura Stone MY15.
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23rd Oct 2013 9:12 am
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
To be fair,I've just been in to the site,and it's a lot more work than I expected
http://www.omegawatches.com/customer-servi...ce-service but it's still a lot of money.....and the email said it could be away for up to 12 weeks "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Oct 2013 9:20 am
adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
My Breitling away for its service and repair to a small chip I put in it - £570.00 (chip repair nearly £200)
Second time in the seven years I've had it - a lot of money, but it comes back like a brand new watch
i have 1000 mt seamaster and i got that serviced a few years ago was £500 as they had to retest it again .Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
more Helsport tents and other things for camping Law of Mechanical Repair:
"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
Always comes back good as new, they ring if there is something that needs doing over and above what is included in the standard service, and they also give you any replaced parts....G4OC Secretary
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23rd Oct 2013 9:48 am
marcros
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: Leeds
Posts: 141
i need my rolex doing- this post reminded me.
23rd Oct 2013 9:50 am
mcsimmo
Member Since: 08 Aug 2011
Location: North of the south
Posts: 1795
The Rolex I bought in Turkey several years at a street market, which said all the watches it sold were genuine, didnt last long.....Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
Always comes back good as new, they ring if there is something that needs doing over and above what is included in the standard service, and they also give you any replaced parts....
Just sent them an Email Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
more Helsport tents and other things for camping Law of Mechanical Repair:
"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
23rd Oct 2013 10:08 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8054
I use this guy local to me in Stratford-Upon-Avon town centre;
Proper local watch re-seller/jeweller/repairs/service, etc. Has a fully qualified 'premium brands' technician in the shop. Really good personal service I find. Not necessarily cheaper than 'authorised' places but a bit like getting your D3 serviced by an indy in that you get that 'bit extra' and the 'important bits' focussed on
Just waiting for my Zenith El Primero Chrono' to come back after a full strip, few bits and pieces replaced as winder was 'notchy' and a new rotating bezel coming from Switzerland to go on. Cost will be around £500 but £200 of that is for the bezel ring. I had the bezel replaced when I went to collect it after the service as it was chipped and worn after 13 years usage but the rest of the watch now looked like it was brand new.
Used to be able to just buy the 'insert' on the bezel ring for £30-40 but now it comes only as an assembly on the rotating ring itself.
Watch servicing isn't cheap but they last a lifetime with a major one every few years or so and it isn't THAT expensive when you look at it that way. However multiply it by 8-9 watches and it soon starts to look a bit different
23rd Oct 2013 10:46 am
chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
I've just had a quote back for a Breitling £470
The glass needs replacing £290
and it needs a new Bracelet £700
Disco needs an MOT ! and a 105K service Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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