Omega servicing

[ChevronB19]

NDA said:

apotek said:

I am a long way from convinced that servicing a still working watch for over £500 is worthwhile until the watch stops.

Totally agree.

It's pointless servicing a watch until it stops. A service and a repair are identical in terms of disassembly cleaning and reassembly - most broken/worn parts that need replacing are not actually that expensive when measured against the total cost.

Fair point - in my case it was due to it being broken and I’d been wearing it whilst using an angle grinder, plus doing mechanics whilst racing. It had also lost the crown caps (of that’s what they are called). So in my case, I consider it good value, but now that it is ‘for best’ it won’t be serviced again unless something goes badly wrong,

[NDA]

Just as a benchmark of interest - I get a Rolex daydate back from a service/repair from Rolex next week. It took almost exactly 4 weeks. Not bad.

Just over £800.. new glass, new rotor, full service.

[hungry_hog]

yeah 590 for a service seems juicy. I have a 2017 Seamaster ceramic, I think it's only worth 2 - 2.2k trade in

Spending a third of that on a service, would be like spending 3 grand to service a Dacia!

[judas]

Managed to knock my Seamaster coaxial chronograph off the nightstand last night - no longer running

Just dropped it off at Goldsmiths for a service/repair - estimated turnaround is six months. Oof…

[NumBMW]

I have an original planet ocean and dropped it into London for assessment for repair, as somehow I’d left the crown unscrewed then went in the sea.
Took 6 weeks to get a repair quote, and agreement and so far been waiting 14 weeks for the repair.
Hopefully soon.
Hopefully I get the rusty parts back in a bag, I’d be interested to see them!
Think it’s costing about £950 which includes a service

[Viperzs]

Omega servicing... That's an interesting topic that I didn't think about; I've just bought a used 2019 Omega from an independent dealer but I didn't even think to ask when it last had a service, if at all. Have I slipped up or should it not matter too much?

[Big Stevie]

Viperzs said:

Omega servicing... That's an interesting topic that I didn't think about; I've just bought a used 2019 Omega from an independent dealer but I didn't even think to ask when it last had a service, if at all. Have I slipped up or should it not matter too much?

I got my Omega Planet Ocean serviced at 10yrs old. It didn't really need it, but I wanted to return to the supplying jeweller to discuss getting on the waiting list for a particular watch, and decided to drop off my Omega whilst there. They wouldn't open their list for me, so that was a waste of time and ££