Survey to forum: About what percentage of your watch collection is serviced?

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Taddyangle

·Feb 18, 2015

Most all are serviced on regular interval. My current issues:

1. Have a 10 year old Gemini IV with red dot intact. I acquired this watch last year. Not sure if I should service or store it.

2. Acquired a couple of used co-axial movement watches that at this point can only be serviced by Omega (8500 and the like). I plan to acquire more and at some point I may need to get 3-4 serviced during same year. The reality of spending $2-3k during one year to service watches is something I can't comprehend.

These costs need to be factored in, but very easy to forget as I am looking for the next three watch purchases....

 

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repoman

·Feb 18, 2015

Mixed bag for me, some recently serviced, most in the mid-range of prior service life, at least one beyond but operating ok. I suppose my master plan is to spread service events out so I don't have to take the pain all at one. Next up for me is my Rolex Explorer II, currently way overdue. Keeping up with service is a good check/balance for not letting my collection get out of hand.

 

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JG808

·Feb 18, 2015

In my small collection, the older watches have all been serviced within the last year. The newer watches are all new enough that they hopefully won't need a service for quite some time.

 

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Privateday7

·Feb 18, 2015

100% of my daily wearer, almost 95% of my vintages and 50% of the moderns are serviced in the past 2 years.
Having affordable decent watchmaker helped a lot.

 

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SeanO

·Feb 18, 2015

I decide on purchase if they're to wear to to horde.

wearers are generally sent for service almost straight away. I've got a lot of Hamilton's so they inevitably (if they require parts) end up on the West Coast at Pauls or with Rene (while he was servicing non-electrics). last year I think the cost was about $3-4k (AUD) in servicing and general repairs.

It actually helped me stop buying shit because a $200 Hamilton needing a $350 dollar service (and a 4 month vacation in the USA) wasn't good sense.

I've got a rotation of about 30 watches of various denoms and I shudder to think of how much I've spent on servicing.

 

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lando

·Feb 19, 2015

I got one modern watch. It is younger than five years, so no service, yet

Of my ten vintages (all Omega), four have been serviced recently, three are at two different watchmakers for service (one of them since the beginning of 2014 🤔), two are waiting to be sent to the watchmaker and one is sitting dry and idle, waiting for a watchmakers slot.

 

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proximal

·Feb 19, 2015

2 serviced recently, one by the shop I bought it from prior to purchase and one a year after I bought it.

1 waiting patiently for service. I've not been wearing it a whole lot recently just because I've become more conscious about it being way overdue. But I bought it with the intention of having the work done, so no justification for not doing it yet other than Al is popular. 😀

The remainders are too new for service, or it wouldn't be economically practical to service them.

 

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SpikiSpikester

·Feb 19, 2015·@ ΩF

dsio

Daily wearers, all, occasional wearers, nearly all, bank vault sitters, some.

Same here, except I don't tend to service the pre-1950 watches because I don't wear them.

 

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Noisy Nova

·Feb 19, 2015

Archer

Hey you know that's not true Dave - I have watches of yours here for service!! Hopefully you will around long enough to wear them for years to come - just go easy in that little sports car of yours and you'll be fine....

Oh dear, I forgot about those. I was thinkin' of the Alba, Orient & Seiko that I have.
Ya don't service them, just replace.
Hmm, now that I'm thinkin' about it, I've got a couple of serviced pocket watches too.
As for my Seamaster chronograph, I gave that one away.
The watch that I wear day in and day out is the new Speedmaster FOIS.