Just got the quote from my watchmaker $650 to overhaul this watch. “Finally dawned on you guys that you were leaving cash on the table eh?” Said I. I officially revise every comment I made previously about what it costs me to overhaul a vintage chrono. They are still a bargain and 3 miles away. Of course they made a part for my large Tri Compax to solve a moon disc issue for free recently.
$650 is a solid deal. I'll have to pay nearly double here in Canada.
$650 usd, so that IS DOUBLE in CAD. 😁
Nice looking watch. At least it’s not something they had to be done with great frequency but yeah the upkeep on watches is something I tend to forgot about when I’m buying on impulse.
If things get tight I can just go to disposable quartz
They are very very good. Finally charging what they should be charging. I own a lot of cranky old chronographs and two Polerouters. I need these guys to stay profitable.
No my Watchmaker is fully qualified and used to own a prominent high street watch making shop in my city but due to the Christchurch Earthquake had to shut up shop and as he was already close to retirement didn't reopen that bricks and mortar business but went into semi retirement working from home.
A lot of his work from days past was trade work from many jewellers/ watchmakers etc around the city and further afield.
Due to my high volume of repair work I get an extremely good price as I am by far and wide his biggest customer hence the very low rate.
