Cute like a baby tiger- until it tries to mate with your face 😲
Cute like a baby tiger- until it tries to mate with your face 😲
Ah. So it's a life lesson. Consider me forewarned.
(It's going to take awhile to get THAT image out of my head...)
Why would you be putting those parts near your face?
I did a few assignments for weeks on end in the Great Smoky Mountains and they would give me a radio to check in when I was doing remote locations. I would hear the chatter all day and the most frequent calls were visitors trying to feed or “rescue” a bear cub. The Ranger response to the call was always - “on our way to clear the location”. So cute and cuddly....then mamma comes along.
Lovely watch! Breitling is long overdue for me 😁
When I first got here my perspective on the costs of service was totally skewed because of the relationship I have with my watchmaker.
I had used an authorized service center before him for my Rolex GMT and that cost me $500 (that was 15 years ago) just for a clean and lube (and whatever else they did). I bristled (considering that was 1/4 what I paid for it) but figured it was the cost of ownership (like owning a Jag- $3k for brakes is just what it is).
When I found my guy (his daughter was an intern at my work and we later employed her after she graduated- she became like a little sister to me)- i got lucky. So yes, I thought a service cost $150+ parts and I had been ripped off by the RSC.
Since joining here I have come to realize that $300-500 is actually about market rate for most watchmakers, up to $800 for complications like chronographs- and this may not included parts. There is also the issue of access to factory parts- my watchmaker is not an authorized Rolex service provider, nor does he have a Swatch Group account, but he has a network of other watchmakers and collectors from whom he can get anything he needs. Factory authorized providers have to make huge investments in training and specialized equipment- so it goes without argument that their cost for service will be higher to recoup their investments and cover the time it takes to follow the factory service protocols without cutting corners.
As has been discussed in multiple threads, some people here have multiple watchmakers they use for different watches (I have over 50)- some they let work on Elgin’s and Benrus’ but wouldn’t take their JLC to them- not for fear they may screw it up, it’s just out of their area of expertise. A wizard mechanic with a BMW may not have expertise with an Austin Healey- there are specialists for Brit cars that have a different kind of sensibility and network of resources.
My long route to the point is that everyone’s experience with watchmakers is different, as is our experiences with mechanics, or even physicians. You need to build a relationship based on trust and communication and have faith in their expertise. What they charge is irrelevant if you are pleased with the quality of their work.
Saying the cost is too high for service without knowing the quality of the work performed by or expertise of a watchmaker is just as ignorant as saying the cost is too low.
Just making a joke about how we all love cute cuddly animals but forget that they are wild animals- you never know when those claws will come out.
And @WatchNurse - if you love blue- this right here in our classifieds is vision in elegance, and from a very well respected seller.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/red...-with-sapphire-blue-dial.116310/#post-1548509
Beautiful watch! However, I'm in save up mode for the next couple of months. 😁 but I may just end up eating my words. Thanks for the recommendation 😀
I have been in save up mode for the last couple years. 50+ watches later and I’m still no closer to what I was saving for...come to think of it, I can’t remember what I was saving for anymore 😵💫
Spoiler Alert- I'm waiting for October... something about some beagle and a hopeful announcement 😉
Don’t get distracted then!! Too much temptation out there.
What's a girl to do until October? Did I mention I'm waiting on a pre-paid Seiko SPB149?
Well, since you have until October, and you seem to have a taste for heritage designs- maybe build the wish list:
https://www.longines.com/watches/heritage-collection
Stoppppp.... why?
There’s your blue.
I tend to prefer vintage pieces but if I were to go new, I could fill a box with these and be very happy.
I have been in save up mode for the last couple years. 50+ watches later and I’m still no closer to what I was saving for...come to think of it, I can’t remember what I was saving for anymore 😵💫
Stoppppp.... why?
