This afternoon. No movement of any of the hands.
So back to RSJ or Genesis? Also how do you ensure it for the travel?
1990 version.
Bugger
Mike
This afternoon. No movement of any of the hands.
So back to RSJ or Genesis? Also how do you ensure it for the travel?
1990 version.
Bugger
Mike
Genesis don’t do Seadwellers so back to Rolex.
Just drop it off at your local ad and let them take if the shipping.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Might be worth speaking to Genesis, the movement parts are common to subs of the era and he may be able to help. You will only get submariner levels of waterproofing in terms of warranty but suspect thats sufficient.Originally Posted by ben4watches
When was it last serviced?
I have my Submariner serviced by RSC, need to take it to nearest AD who will send it on for you. Cost of service, November last year was £580 and took about 5 weeks.
No idea :-)
Traded it with Kelly (100th Monkey) circa 5 years ago and its not had one since. Incidentally the trade was for a GMT (both boxed with papers) at the trade value 3kish how times have changed :-)
Cheers
Mike
Bummer. Was there a sudden impact/drop, or did it just seize up?
Like a horse collapsing in the shackles......if you don’t get it serviced don’t be surprised when it stops.
Truth is, It’ll have been running shit for a good while. Zero sympathy for anyone who cheapskates on maintaining expensive watches, I take old watches apart that have extensive wear through neglect and it’s never a pretty sight.
nope just stopped. Bugger. Can Rolex tell you if they have ever serviced a watch? It would be interesting to know
only if you get them to do the work, I imagine they will be ok with letting you know previous RSC work.
Independents can decipher inside case back marks and could say when it’s been to rsc, but you wouldn’t know if for service or repair
Time for a battery change:-)
A 1990 watch
Presuming all original parts
Don't send it to Rolex or else you will end up with a load of new parts and your nice Tritium SD will be no more.
Think indy and forget the 4000ft guarantee-unless you need it of course
Nonsense.
The movement needing a service does not mean his dial and hands will be automatically replaced.
If it were mine I would have it sent to RSC and have it waterproofed to spec.
I popped into St James and asked them very nicely if they could check for me, the nice lady looked the serial number up and confirmed it hadn’t been back to them, she updated me as the new owner I think ( 16600 made in 1994 )
Cheers..
Jase
Does that mean you can send it to Rolex for a service if you want to? or will they refuse as its not been serviced by them over the years?
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Of course it can be sent to Rolex for service even if they have never serviced it before. The issue may be that parts will be seriously worn and need replacement bumping up the cost.
Not automatically you are correct there.
Sent a 1016 Explorer in recently and they wouldn’t service it without replacing the hands
Told them to put it back together and send it back to me which they did.
What are you saying? I'm correct? That is why I wrote what I did.
In response to the very broad, definitive statement:
"Don't send it to Rolex or else you will end up with a load of new parts and your nice Tritium SD will be no more.
I said: "The movement needing a service does not mean his dial and hands will be automatically replaced."
If the functional integrity of your hands has been compromised then that is a specific situation that applies an individual watch.
Again, not accurate.
They will polish during a service, unless you specify otherwise.
They will not replace tritium hands by rote, only where necessary (hands are damaged).
All anyone needs to do is sent the watch, with specific instructions, to find this out for themselves.
Yes I am saying you are correct and that they wouldn't change things without consultation-my original post was an incorrect generalisation.
However they may also refuse to complete the service if you don't agree to certain changes.
Why would I agree to have new white"bright set of glowing hands" put next to an aged vintage dial.
If the customer is willing to take any risk on board with whatever they want to leave as original then the choice should be theirs.
IMO obviously.
Bugger, I was going to suggest that!
Pretty much the Tritium will be dead as it is on my 1996 14060, with no notes of intent they will replace, dial, hands and possibly bezel plus give it a polish, this will hurt the value now and even more so in the future as the watch becomes more valuable.
Send it to them if they can guarantee original parts remaining after service, if not I would look elsewhere unless of course you want new service Luminova and shiny case sides.
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