How much to service Rolex Sub and how often?

[TP321]

At main dealer and indies. Thanks

[clockworks]

Can't help with the price, as my 1997 14060 is still performing perfectly.
As to how often, I'm a firm believer in only having watches serviced when they start to play up - poor timekeeping or shorter "power reserve".

[Riff Raff]

I'm a follower of Clockworks on this. Service when they go wrong. You might have to replace a few more parts when the pieces are eventually serviced doing it that way, but the cost of those parts will more than likely be less than the cost of having the watch serviced every three to five years, as the manufacturers would have you believe is necessary.

I think you'll find the cost of a Rolex service will be the same at Rolex, or a Rolex accredited independent, as I believe there is a tariff published by Rolex for these things, which all the accredited have to stick to. Else they become unaccredited. Taking it to a non Rolex accredited watchmaker is possible, but they won't be able to get parts from Rolex.

Edited to add the cost for a Sub appears to be £430, according to Genesis, who I would recommend.....

http://www.genesiswatchmaking.co.uk/index.html

Edited by Riff Raff on Wednesday 6th November 10:38

[TP321]

Riff Raff said:

I'm a follower of Clockworks on this. Service when they go wrong. You might have to replace a few more parts when the pieces are eventually serviced doing it that way, but the cost of those parts will more than likely be less than the cost of having the watch serviced every three to five years, as the manufacturers would have you believe is necessary.

I think you'll find the cost of a Rolex service will be the same at Rolex, or a Rolex accredited independent, as I believe there is a tariff published by Rolex for these things, which all the accredited have to stick to. Else they become unaccredited. Taking it to a non Rolex accredited watchmaker is possible, but they won't be able to get parts from Rolex.

Edited to add the cost for a Sub appears to be £430, according to Genesis, who I would recommend.....

http://www.genesiswatchmaking.co.uk/index.html

Thanks

Edited by Riff Raff on Wednesday 6th November 10:38

[Brew]

David Robinson in Canary Wharf quoted me £430 and 22 weeks!

[JRewing]

I bought a brand new Submariner early this year and the AD told me that the current Rolex price is £455 and Rolex advises service every 4-5 years. However I plan just to send it for service when it's running unacceptably inaccurate.
I didn't think to ask of a vague timeframe for the service, stupidly.

[rat840771]

i asked the same question about my sea dweller and 8 years later it is still running fine, so 4-5 years is not required.

has to be approved Rolex service centre or send back to Rolex - either way it takes months!

[Mermaid]

JRewing said:

I bought a brand new Submariner early this year and the AD told me that the current Rolex price is £455 and Rolex advises service every 4-5 years. However I plan just to send it for service when it's running unacceptably inaccurate.
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Porsche servicing is a bargain compared to that.

[Murcielago_Boy]

Posted this in another thread. My vintage full gold sub was given a "Geneva Rebuild" by Rolex - bill was £4400 odd.
Horrific.

[Riff Raff]

JRewing said:

I bought a brand new Submariner early this year and the AD told me that the current Rolex price is £455 and Rolex advises service every 4-5 years. However I plan just to send it for service when it's running unacceptably inaccurate.
I didn't think to ask of a vague timeframe for the service, stupidly.

Just to give you some idea of how long they can go on for, my wife bought a Lady Datejust in 1980.

It has been serviced once, and only then because she got it full of water - went on holiday, adjusted to local time, but didn't do up the crown, jumped in the sea on arrival at the resort. It needed a few new bits after that, but that would be about 20 years ago now....... She wears the thing 24/7. It'll outlast both of us.

[bobbybee]

Mermaid said:

JRewing said:

I bought a brand new Submariner early this year and the AD told me that the current Rolex price is £455 and Rolex advises service every 4-5 years. However I plan just to send it for service when it's running unacceptably inaccurate.
.

Porsche servicing is a bargain compared to that.

How do you figure that?
Even if a steroidal beetle cost a third at £151.67 it needs to be done annually so in five years it comes to £758.33