Sounds a lot to me, I know a Sea Dweller deep sea service is £550
Can someone confirm the correct pricing for an Official Rolex Service as I've had two conflicting prices.
It's a 2004 Submariner 16613, in first class order and working fine, but I would like a Rolex Service.
Took it to Goldsmiths and they quoted £835, which I queried but they confirmed. Seemed a lot as I was just collecting my 16520 Daytona which had only cost £550.
Anyway, reluctantly agreed.
But still not happy, I contacted another local Rolex Dealer, and they quoted £585. Queried it again with Goldsmiths and they insist they are correct.
Who is telling the truth?
Edited 9 June to add some good news
Last edited by Geneve; 9th June 2018 at 08:58.
Sounds a lot to me, I know a Sea Dweller deep sea service is £550
Not goldsmiths.
Have Goldsmiths quoted for a full refurb service even though you didn't need it?
More to the point, why on earth did you agree to it if the watch was working fine, it was hardly an urgent job?
Paid £550 @ RSC London in Feb for a 16610 service.
U.K. RRP on a 'Modern' Sub service is £550.00 and a 2004 Sub would fall into this category. Goldsmiths charge postage (at an exorbitant rate...)
That is way too much - get your watch back if you can.
I paid around £650 for my 16610 recently but this includes a new crystal. Via my Rolex AD.
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So, I just phoned Rolex St James.
"How much is a service on a Submariner?"
"Service on a 'Modern' Submariner is £550"
"What's a 'Modern' Submariner?"
"Up to 10 years old"
"Mine's 2004, so 14 years old"
"That will be £800"
"But you serviced my 1999 Daytona last month for £550"
"Our prices have now gone up, that would now be £900"
The joys of Vintage Rolex. I think Goldsmiths always add a bit on for themselves.
I thought (and this is only based on what I remember reading) that the 'modern submariner' includes all the sapphire crystal references, i.e. 16800, 168000, 16610, etc. Has this changed, or was it never the case? Would be slightly displeased to pay a 'vintage' surplus on a 2007 16610 or 14060, but...
To be fair to Goldsmiths, your vintage Rolex will be packed in a box, cushioned by the rarest orchids, and hand delivered to the Rolex Service centre by a nubile, 21 year old, 6 feet tall, genuine blonde from Liverpool. The price seems very reasonable to me.
You’ve gotta love Rolex. You know you’re getting shafted at service time, but keep on buying them...
It will have climbed in value far more than the service cost. Your pity should be saved for the Breitling owners!
Yep, same with Audi, BMW, Mercedes etc but people keep on buying them.
So technically speaking a brand new Rolex gets one service before the price is hiked to almost double?
Those scamps at the crown, honestly. 😂
Once again, it’s potentially brilliant on the part of Rolex; one the one hand it may encourage more people to want to buy new because of the servicing costs of older watches, whilst on the other, it should add nearly a grand to the value of a freshly serviced older watch whilst probably not reducing the value of one needing a service by anything like that amount.
Obviously higher value older watches leads to greater confidence in future values of new watches further driving demand!
It’s a viscious circle, who knows where it will end!
Is this 10 years set in stone (and based upon when newer models were introduced) or might increase in time?
Goldsmiths are grotesquely overpriced greedy barstewards with delusions that they are not Ratneresque.
Number of my past purchases from Goldsmiths...0
Number of future planned purchases from Goldsmiths...0
Goldsmiths? Bah!
Having just got my 5513 back from Duncan, give him a call, you won't be disappointed,
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This is one hell of a hike, but it's really no worse than a lot of the others having been doing for years. Plus the outcome of their work is super (most of the time). Compared to Omega and JLC (the only other servicing I have used) Rolex QC and result of their serving is another league.
If you see the work a watchmaker does (which applies to a number of our fellow forum members), including the skill, attention to detail and equipment these costs aren't really excessive. Compared to how much a garage charges to reset the trip computer, change your oil and mess up something, watch servicing seems a bargain.
I'm not excited by the higher costs (and recall when Rolex charged £280 - which wasn't long ago) but I get it.
I would now never consider a regular movement service by Rolex, but when it comes to polishing/refinishing and new parts I would only trust them.
£800 for a service sounds ridiculous to me, for watches over 10 years old. There's no reason a 2007 Submariner should cost any more to service than a 2008 model.
I'll sell mine and buy a newer version rather than pay the inflated price.
If you buy a new one, that’s a result for Rolex. If you buy a pre owned one then it’s only one service in which you’ll save any money.
Are you seriously saying that you’ll sell any Rolex over ten years old and replace it with one under that age in order to save £250 (less any cost to change)?
Prices went up 1st February:
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...8-service-only
Coronet King reported "Sub 16610 goes from £475 to £550"