Breitling Repair

[LotusMan70]

I have a Brietling Hercules but the crown has fallen off the winder. Breitling say they will repair it for £250 but they want to do a service at the same time, taking the cost of the whole job to over £600. The watch is only worth about £1,000 - any ideas where I can get this done outside of Breitling?

[LotusMan70]

Tanguero said:

Talk to Variomatic on here! Top independent watchmaker and he is based in Anglesey.

Ah great thank you!

[LotusMan70]

Variomatic said:

Assuming the watch is otherwise ok, should be a fairly quick and painless job if you still have the crown. It depends a little on how easy the old stem is to remove from the crown - if there's enough to get hold of to unscrew it then no problem at all, if it's broken off flush then it takes a while to dissolve the stub out.

I'll call you tomorrow sir