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This is scary...
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Nobel Prize
·Wow! Or WTF!
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ulackfocus
·Nothing surprises me in the watch business anymore.
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NikolaiGTR
·Hopefully, it's a misunderstanding.
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Canuck
·Please don't tell me Tudor has hopped into bed with SWATCH!
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hendra324
·swatch plactic casing
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Bushido
·That is brutal!
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Omega1
·Am I having a nightmare ... It's so wrong...
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Nobel Prize
·No, I think the pic is just an illustration of the direction they're taking in terms of no repair of in house movements but only replacement. After least as per the link.
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Pradeep
·looks to be a photoshop job.
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Nobel Prize
·looks to be a photoshop job.
It is....the link is what is scary.
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Jonatan
·Can anyone confirm the content of the article? I don't see how that would make any sense and especially not the manufacture/in house movement.
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!Ugly watch - photoshopped or not.
As for replacing the movement - not sure I buy into that yet as Tudor's preferred process based on one post on one er...whatever.
But, I certainly would not be shocked to find that charging $1000 plus to replace a movement is more cost effective that replacing parts if there is extensive damage, or even if not. Does anyone think a Tudor movement costs anywhere near that much to produce?
As for replacing the movement - not sure I buy into that yet as Tudor's preferred process based on one post on one er...whatever.
But, I certainly would not be shocked to find that charging $1000 plus to replace a movement is more cost effective that replacing parts if there is extensive damage, or even if not. Does anyone think a Tudor movement costs anywhere near that much to produce?
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Speedmasterfan88
·After reading the Post on WUS and another one confirming the same from an canadian Pelagos owner (linked in the WUS post) I think maybe Tudor has some problem with their New inhouse movement and tries to swap those faulty movements out under warranty as fast as they can. Just a theorie thou.
Edit: maybe only a certain serial Range of movements Is affected by this. Otherwise I would think they would call back all faulty watches for swaps, as we see with faulty car parts/callbacks under warranty in the Automotive Industry.
Edit: maybe only a certain serial Range of movements Is affected by this. Otherwise I would think they would call back all faulty watches for swaps, as we see with faulty car parts/callbacks under warranty in the Automotive Industry.
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abrod520
·I'm planning on buying a Black Bay Blue in the future, but long ago decided that the ETA version would be the better choice, expecting something like this to happen
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...After reading the Post on WUS and another one confirming the same from an canadian Pelagos owner (linked in the WUS post) I think maybe Tudor has some problem with their New inhouse movement and tries to swap those faulty movements out under warranty as fast as they can. Just a theorie thou.
Edit: maybe only a certain serial Range of movements Is affected by this. Otherwise I would think they would call back all faulty watches for swaps, as we see with faulty car parts/callbacks under warranty in the Automotive Industry.
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Frunkinator
·No, I think the pic is just an illustration of the direction they're taking in terms of no repair of in house movements but only replacement. After least as per the link.
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soybeanwatch
·That is mad crazy. Say it ain't so!
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerSwapping movements is nothing new. I can't speak directly to this Tudor thing, but other manufacturers are already doing this. I have no direct experience but other watchmakers who do have told me that both Cartier and Breitling are swapping movements rather than servicing them these days. In Canada, if you send a Speedy Reduced to Omega for service, the movement will be swapped for one that has been serviced at the factory, and your movement goes back to Bienne to be serviced and distributed for installation in another watch somewhere in the world.
With the lack of skilled watchmakers, this is not surprising at all. Service centers are often already offloading all the less technical parts of the service work to unskilled people hired off the street and trained...so work like refining cases, uncasing the movement removing the dial and hands, then installing the dial and hands, and final casing. The only part a trained watchmaker does is service the actual movement - all the rest is done by someone trained on the job typically. This was made clear to me when I attended training at the Swatch NJ service center - that's how they operate and it's not unusual in the industry.
But even doing this, there are not enough watchmakers to go around.
Cheers, Al
With the lack of skilled watchmakers, this is not surprising at all. Service centers are often already offloading all the less technical parts of the service work to unskilled people hired off the street and trained...so work like refining cases, uncasing the movement removing the dial and hands, then installing the dial and hands, and final casing. The only part a trained watchmaker does is service the actual movement - all the rest is done by someone trained on the job typically. This was made clear to me when I attended training at the Swatch NJ service center - that's how they operate and it's not unusual in the industry.
But even doing this, there are not enough watchmakers to go around.
Cheers, Al
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorThis was made clear to me when I attended training at the Swatch NJ service center - that's how they operate and it's not unusual in the industry.
There are some posts here and on PuristS Omega board about some Omega movements with serial numbers that started with "R". It was my understanding that these replacements were sometimes shipped to larger AD's to allow them to be swapped into watches that needed more serious repair under warranty.
This practice makes sense, in that it allowed customers to be on their way quickly with a repaired watch, while the bad movement was sent back to Omega to either be fixed or salvaged for parts.
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