Originally Posted by
walkerwek1958
+1, I work on a profitable hobby basis so I charge less than commercial repairers, but I won`t work for less than I could earn working part-time at B & Q, that's what you're asking skilled repairers to do if you expect them to fix a watch like this for buttons. there's at least 4 hours work in this, possibly more........ask yourself how much you earn per hour and do the maths.
These things aren`t nice to work on either; coupled with the fact that the watch is likely to be very worn the best a repairer can hope for is to get the thing to run reliably and keep time to +/- 30 secs/day. An added complication is the fact that a Timegrapher can`t 'read' a pin-pallet movement accurately, so regulating them is a struggle too.
I`ve fixed similar watches where there's a strong sentimental link and the owner's been happy to pay a fair price, but they're never fun to work on.