Repair to classic Rolex London area

[memps]

Have a classic Rolex with date circa 1950's, it took a knock a few weeks. I had a repairer in clerkenwell who has retired, does anyone know a good one in London.
Many thanks

[Variomatic]

What symptoms (if any) is it showing from the knock? If you're lucky the shock protection will have done its job and protected the balance staff - does it still run at all?

The good news is that parts for that era of Rolex are generally easier to get than later ones because they were produced before they restricted supply, so most bits got out into the wild. Parts prices can be a little scary though!

[memps]

It fell flat face on concrete, it's a windup, it simply stopped and no other movement. When I release the windup it goes around for a minute and stops again.

[memps]

It fell flat face on concrete, it's a windup, it simply stopped and no other movement. When I release the windup it goes around for a minute and stops again.

[Variomatic]

The fact it runs at all is hopeful, if you'd broken the balance staff it (usually) wouldn't go at all. If you're going to drop a watch then flat on its face or back is by far the best way to do it, btw. It means any shock loading is more or less straigt on the pivots which is less likely to damage them than a sideways load.

If it's an "accurate" minute - ie: the seconds hand is stopping in the same place each time - then look very carefully at the hands. Are they all still parallel to the dial? You may have been incredibly lucky and just knocked them out of position so they're touching the glass or dial (probably dial if it was a face-down drop) at one point.

[Lorneg]

If you're close to Ealing then Paul specialises in old Rolex:

http://www.classicchronographs.co.uk/development/a...