JLC Reverso service

[Clydesdalestu]

Hiya,

I need to get a Jaeger Le Coultre Reverso serviced (and possibly also my 50 yr old Rolex Air King). I've been quoted over £300 and 12 weeks to ge the JLC done via the usual "official" channels. Does anybody know of any independent watchmakers / jewelers that would do it for less. Hopefully around the Southend / Leigh on Sea area, but anywhere is Essex is a viable option.

Cheers,

Stu.

[yeti]

I just had my Reverso serviced for £1143 so £300 seems rather reasonable.

How little would you like to pay?

JLC will no longer supply parts to independent watchmakers at a workable level; how old is the watch? If it needs anything actually done, official channels are it...

Edited by yeti on Thursday 14th November 14:33

[Spice_Weasel]

No affiliation but call WatchFinder and see if they can help. The manager is ex-JLC boutique and has some contacts.

[TheOtherJamie]

Spice_Weasel said:

No affiliation but call WatchFinder and see if they can help. The manager is ex-JLC boutique and has some contacts.

Well he's not using them to get my Master Compressor that I paid in full for on the 25th September only to be told it had just been sent for a service delivered to me any quicker!

[AlexWF]

TheOtherJamie said:

Spice_Weasel said:

No affiliation but call WatchFinder and see if they can help. The manager is ex-JLC boutique and has some contacts.

Well he's not using them to get my Master Compressor that I paid in full for on the 25th September only to be told it had just been sent for a service delivered to me any quicker!

The only way we could get your watch serviced was directly with JLC due to the parts not being available anywhere else. The benefit to you being the manufacturer's warranty you get as a result, the annoyance being the delay.

[AlexWF]

Clydesdalestu said:

Hiya,

I need to get a Jaeger Le Coultre Reverso serviced (and possibly also my 50 yr old Rolex Air King). I've been quoted over £300 and 12 weeks to ge the JLC done via the usual "official" channels. Does anybody know of any independent watchmakers / jewelers that would do it for less. Hopefully around the Southend / Leigh on Sea area, but anywhere is Essex is a viable option.

Cheers,

Stu.

£300 for JLC themselves to service a Reverso seems extremely cheap! I've had many a £1000+ bill from them.....

[TheOtherJamie]

AlexWF said:

The only way we could get your watch serviced was directly with JLC due to the parts not being available anywhere else. The benefit to you being the manufacturer's warranty you get as a result, the annoyance being the delay.

Alex
A Memovox has been a grail of mine for years so another few weeks won't really matter but I'm sure you understand the want to have a new purchase on your wrist asap.

I apologise, maybe I should have worded my previous post a little differently?

[michael gould]

Clydesdalestu said:

Hiya,

I need to get a Jaeger Le Coultre Reverso serviced (and possibly also my 50 yr old Rolex Air King). I've been quoted over £300 and 12 weeks to ge the JLC done via the usual "official" channels. Does anybody know of any independent watchmakers / jewelers that would do it for less. Hopefully around the Southend / Leigh on Sea area, but anywhere is Essex is a viable option.

Cheers,

Stu.

£300 seems amazingly cheap....are you sure that wasn't the carriage cost ?