...but not $8 a month? Never mind, that's none of my business.

 

Depend on where you live. In Asia, $200-300 will get you decent quality service from qualified independent watchmaker. (Technician ex Rolex or Omega service center)

 

If you want to get an understanding of what is involved in servicing a watch and realise why it costs what it does, there is an excellent blog from a semi-professional watchmaker in the UK here:

http://watchguy.co.uk/

He is very highly regarded and used by a couple of the members here. You will also see that he has a schedule of charges for his work.

 

My watchmaker, who has since retired, would charge for 3 hours labor - disassembly, cleaning the parts, reassembly, polishing the case (not on my vintage watches), etc.. c321, c861 or c1861 all take the same labor. It is routine to change the pushers, crown, gaskets and crystal. These parts all have seals and contribute to maintaining the integrity of the interior of the watch. Other than a mainspring on one of mine, none of the others needed any other parts. If you get one, it may not need another service for 10 years. In the next 5-10 years your situation will be different. If servicing the watch is an issue you can always sell it. If it's a speedmaster there should be a market for the watch.