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Geneve Dynamic
·Hi all,
I'm brand new to the forum, so thought I'd introduce myself by showing you some photos from a recent watch service by Mitka's Watch Shop, coz who doesn't like seeing some service shots from a cal. 601, right?! Anyway, a little background, the watch was bequeathed to me by my father for completing my GCSEs, I'm 38 now, so do the math(s). Great little thing and very sentimental too.
Anyway, now the money shots of the calibre are out of the way, onto my question for the forum. The below was also bequeathed to me by my father when my son was born 4 years ago, I was supposed to get my son's birthdate engraved on the back but have never got round to it but feel now might be the time and at the same time maybe get the case re-plated - see slight loss of plating in the photos. So the question I have is do people think getting a re-plate is worth it?
I realise all comments back will be completely subjective, which is great, I just want to hear people's opinions and start a conversation. Also, if I decide to go ahead, I'd need some advice on where to get it done, as neither Christian Dannemann (The Watch Guy), nor Mitka do re-plating, so I'd need to go do a local watch repairer (west London), get them to open the watch, give me back the case, send the case off to get it re-plated (hopefully UK based), then give it back to the repairer to finish the service and then give me the watch back. Seems a lot of hassle!?
Also, the end result won't affect wrist time, it already gets good wear, about once every other week, so that will remain and I suppose, eventually it'll just come down to me but I really would welcome some thoughts on the idea.
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for staying with me and thoughts really welcome.
I'm brand new to the forum, so thought I'd introduce myself by showing you some photos from a recent watch service by Mitka's Watch Shop, coz who doesn't like seeing some service shots from a cal. 601, right?! Anyway, a little background, the watch was bequeathed to me by my father for completing my GCSEs, I'm 38 now, so do the math(s). Great little thing and very sentimental too.
Anyway, now the money shots of the calibre are out of the way, onto my question for the forum. The below was also bequeathed to me by my father when my son was born 4 years ago, I was supposed to get my son's birthdate engraved on the back but have never got round to it but feel now might be the time and at the same time maybe get the case re-plated - see slight loss of plating in the photos. So the question I have is do people think getting a re-plate is worth it?
I realise all comments back will be completely subjective, which is great, I just want to hear people's opinions and start a conversation. Also, if I decide to go ahead, I'd need some advice on where to get it done, as neither Christian Dannemann (The Watch Guy), nor Mitka do re-plating, so I'd need to go do a local watch repairer (west London), get them to open the watch, give me back the case, send the case off to get it re-plated (hopefully UK based), then give it back to the repairer to finish the service and then give me the watch back. Seems a lot of hassle!?
Also, the end result won't affect wrist time, it already gets good wear, about once every other week, so that will remain and I suppose, eventually it'll just come down to me but I really would welcome some thoughts on the idea.
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for staying with me and thoughts really welcome.
