The lesson or takeaway from my point of view is this:
Before one sends a watch out for service, make an effort to find out what the recipient's policy is on service.
The WARNING should be something like: "Look before you leap."
I do not see fault on the part of Longines for offering full-service only.
I do not see fault on the part of any watch manufacturer for not wanting to sell rare vintage or custom made parts for a vintage watch to an end-user.
However; Longines is not completely innocent here.
I did just have a look at the Longines site:
https://www.longines.com/en-us/send-and-service-your-watch
I then went to the "Services Pricing" section and a partial service is listed as an option:
https://www.longines.com/en-us/maintenance-prices
I assume the pricing pertains only to current or recent model watches, but it's not made clear.
In looking over the prices, it would be reasonable to think that the service that the OP wanted would cost much less than $2,400 EUR.
Longines could do with a better policy statement concerning the servicing of vintage watches.
One is invited to make an inquiry and I would hope that Longines would set a proper expectation level if one were to write them and describe what is wanted.
Cheers,
Joe
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