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Post by meanoldmanning on Apr 18, 2018 8:28:55 GMT -8
According to the appraiser they do it to thwart counterfeiting??? Ouch.
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Adrian-VTA
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Apr 18, 2018 18:19:05 GMT -8
Apparently the trick is to install a stuffed modern dial before sending into service... The real horror story is where ROLEX service is done now. In the far east for the most part. I had a customer here who had his Rolex back to them half a dozen times and it still wasn't right. I got it here and there was a huge clump of fur under the auto wind frame, the stop second lever was bent and the watch was gaining up to a minute a day. Gave me a good reason to buy a micro-stella adjuster. To go off track a bit more, did anybody see the episode of the US version of Antiques Roadshow recently with the guy who had the Tiffany & Co co-branded Rolex GMT Master? He took it in to have it serviced at an official Rolex dealer and was told if Rolex serviced it they would remove the Tiffany branded dial and replace it with new. He wisely chose to preserve the watch as original and had it service elsewhere. Did not see that, but horror stories abound where vintage patina'd dials are confiscated by RSC and replaced with modern spare parts drawer dials, cutting value by 2/3 and gutting the owner.
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pip
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Berkshire, UK
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Post by pip on Apr 19, 2018 1:35:39 GMT -8
The real horror story is where ROLEX service is done now. In the far east for the most part. I think we should be ok in UK, they’ve built a big place somewhere that I can’t remember, either Kent or Hants I think. And of course I believe they have some small industrial unit in Switzerland somewhere.
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Post by meanoldmanning on Apr 19, 2018 3:35:35 GMT -8
Whoever serviced the fellow on Antiques Roadshow Tiffany/Rolex did a shitty job, it had really terrible sweep hand stutter.
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Post by daveswordfish on Apr 19, 2018 5:21:56 GMT -8
To go off track a bit more, did anybody see the episode of the US version of Antiques Roadshow recently with the guy who had the Tiffany & Co co-branded Rolex GMT Master? He took it in to have it serviced at an official Rolex dealer and was told if Rolex serviced it they would remove the Tiffany branded dial and replace it with new. He wisely chose to preserve the watch as original and had it service elsewhere. Did not see that, but horror stories abound where vintage patina'd dials are confiscated by RSC and replaced with modern spare parts drawer dials, cutting value by 2/3 and gutting the owner. For the record, Rolex will always honor a customer’s directions as it relates to replacing parts. As long as it’s an original Rolex part, they will leave it as is, regardless of condition, if that’s what the owner wants. Tiffany dials were plain Rolex dials reprinted by Tiffany. They came with a Tiffany warranty, not Rolex. Essentially, they were mods, which is why Rolex would swap back the dial. Agree it sucks though. If someone doesn’t know what to do and just drops the watch off for service, it can be disastrous for a collector’s piece.
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Post by meanoldmanning on May 19, 2018 12:59:39 GMT -8
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