Servicing my GO

[Mousem40]

Hi,

My GO Panoreserve is 5 years old now and wanted to have it serviced for the first time.

Who shall I send it to? I'm based in London and I've looked at their website which gives details of several dealers but I don't think their site is correct. One dealer is at Harrods (who don't seem to sell GO) the others are 'dodgy' dealers in places such as Brent Cross etc - there's no way I'm giving them my watch.

How much am I looking at £500-600? And what is the likely turnaround 2-3 months?
Anyone else worth going to?

Thanks

Edited by Mousem40 on Friday 29th October 01:08

[bry1975]

Imo I wouldn't mess about contact the proper folk as in Glashutte.

Goodluck

Bry

[James_N]

£500-£600? is it really likely to be that much?!

[Asterix]

I want to put my GO (Panomaticlunar) in for a service as well but was told that it would go to a local service centre and be dealt with there - they are (as usual in Dubai a monopoly) dealers for many of the luxury brands.

However - having lived in the Middle East for a while now, I have no intention of letting a bunch of low paid monkeys go anywhere near that watch!

Means I'll have to send it to Glashutte myself and when it gets returned, probably have to pay import duty on it because they're fking stupid here.

[andy tims]

A full movement service / case & bracelet polish was about £430.00 on a Sport Evo about a year ago, but I'd still get GO to do mine next time it needs a service.

[LukeBird]

NeMiSiS said:

A work of art deserves to go back to its maker.

Absolutely.
Send it back to GO.

[Mousem40]

andy tims said:

A full movement service / case & bracelet polish was about £430.00 on a Sport Evo about a year ago, but I'd still get GO to do mine next time it needs a service.

Thanks. Any idea how much without a polish, it's in VGC. Likely turnaround time?

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

[Asterix]

Couple of pics I took of mine - never need a reason to post 'em up!

[DS3R]

Mousem40 said:

Hi,

My GO Panoreserve is 5 years old now and wanted to have it serviced for the first time.

Do these only need servicing every 5 years then?

Lovely looking watch

[Mousem40]

They're supposed to be serviced ever 3-4 years depending on use. I wear mine maybe twice a week.

Update: GO just got back to me and told me to use one of their ToysRus watch dealers - nightmare.

[andy tims]

Mousem40 said:

andy tims said:

A full movement service / case & bracelet polish was about £430.00 on a Sport Evo about a year ago, but I'd still get GO to do mine next time it needs a service.

Thanks. Any idea how much without a polish, it's in VGC. Likely turnaround time?

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

The polish is included.

Speak to the Swatch Service Centre in Southampton - they were pretty helpful

[Revs_Addiction]

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

[Stuart]

No idea on the servicing costs, but I just wanted to say to both of you who've posted photos of such gorgeous watches on the thread. Terrific stuff.

[Mousem40]

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

Lol what I meant was are there any automatic winding machines for manual watches? It isn't good for a watch to start and stop all the time,as I'm not wearing the watch all the time, I'd like to keep it ticking over.

[Revs_Addiction]

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

Lol what I meant was are there any automatic winding machines for manual watches? It isn't good for a watch to start and stop all the time,as I'm not wearing the watch all the time, I'd like to keep it ticking over.

Noooo! Because it's a manual wind watch, the only way of winding the mainspring, is by winding the crown!

Putting it on a watch-winder will make no difference as it's not an automatic, i.e. it has no rotor to wind the mainspring...

The idea of a watch-winder is to simulate the movement of your wrist, thereby causing the rotor to pivot back and forth, (thereby winding the mainspring). However as yours doesn't have a rotor, it won't make the slightest difference!

Lovely pics btw!

[Mousem40]

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

Lol what I meant was are there any automatic winding machines for manual watches? It isn't good for a watch to start and stop all the time,as I'm not wearing the watch all the time, I'd like to keep it ticking over.

Noooo! Because it's a manual wind watch, the only way of winding the mainspring, is by winding the crown!

Putting it on a watch-winder will make no difference as it's not an automatic, i.e. it has no rotor to wind the mainspring...

The idea of a watch-winder is to simulate the movement of your wrist, thereby causing the rotor to pivot back and forth, (thereby winding the mainspring). However as yours doesn't have a rotor, it won't make the slightest difference!

Lovely pics btw!

Thanks.

I know what a watch winder for autos is, I have autos, I have winders. I was suggesting that perhaps there was a machine that you could attach to the crown and it wound it every so often.
I'm guessing the answer is no, I just haven't been on the watch scene for a while.

Thanks anyway.

[whoami]

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

Lol what I meant was are there any automatic winding machines for manual watches? It isn't good for a watch to start and stop all the time,as I'm not wearing the watch all the time, I'd like to keep it ticking over.

Noooo! Because it's a manual wind watch, the only way of winding the mainspring, is by winding the crown!

Putting it on a watch-winder will make no difference as it's not an automatic, i.e. it has no rotor to wind the mainspring...

The idea of a watch-winder is to simulate the movement of your wrist, thereby causing the rotor to pivot back and forth, (thereby winding the mainspring). However as yours doesn't have a rotor, it won't make the slightest difference!

Lovely pics btw!

Thanks.

I know what a watch winder for autos is, I have autos, I have winders. I was suggesting that perhaps there was a machine that you could attach to the crown and it wound it every so often.
I'm guessing the answer is no, I just haven't been on the watch scene for a while.

Thanks anyway.

There are.

[Revs_Addiction]

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Revs_Addiction said:

Mousem40 said:

Also any ideas on keeping it wound when I'm not wearing it?

It's a manual wind watch, whether you're wearing it or not is irrelevant!

Lol what I meant was are there any automatic winding machines for manual watches? It isn't good for a watch to start and stop all the time,as I'm not wearing the watch all the time, I'd like to keep it ticking over.

Noooo! Because it's a manual wind watch, the only way of winding the mainspring, is by winding the crown!

Putting it on a watch-winder will make no difference as it's not an automatic, i.e. it has no rotor to wind the mainspring...

The idea of a watch-winder is to simulate the movement of your wrist, thereby causing the rotor to pivot back and forth, (thereby winding the mainspring). However as yours doesn't have a rotor, it won't make the slightest difference!

Lovely pics btw!

Thanks.

I know what a watch winder for autos is, I have autos, I have winders. I was suggesting that perhaps there was a machine that you could attach to the crown and it wound it every so often.
I'm guessing the answer is no, I just haven't been on the watch scene for a while.

Thanks anyway.

Gotcha! Apologies, I did think it a bit strange that someone who owned a GO didn't know about the movement!

I was unaware there are auto crown winders; I guess they're not going to be cheap, as they'll need to be pretty sophisticated to avoid over-winding the crown...

A quick google threw up this one... http://www.orbita.ch/index_eng.htm

edited to add, you need to scroll down to the 'Sempre' model, as it won't let me link specifically to that model...

Edited by Revs_Addiction on Sunday 31st October 13:49

[Mousem40]

No need to apologise you're just trying to help and we got there in the end!

I used to spend months on the timezone forums learning all I could but I'm trying to avoid it - too many pictures of beautiful watches and movements - I'm trying to avoid the temptation!

Thanks for everyones help, I'll be sending it to GO via a Wempe dealer and be on the hunt for a decent winder.

[Debaser]

whoami said:

Mousem40 said:

Thanks.

I know what a watch winder for autos is, I have autos, I have winders. I was suggesting that perhaps there was a machine that you could attach to the crown and it wound it every so often.
I'm guessing the answer is no, I just haven't been on the watch scene for a while.

Thanks anyway.

There are.

You can even get a 'Manually-Wound Watch Crown Winder'.



http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/irony-of-the-bern...