Originally Posted by
Kuroblack350
Well, the quote is back...
All in all it looks like £1600 including VAT, which sounds a bit nuts to me!
The essential work is coming in at around £900 - the crown is obviously stripped, but thankfully the inner case seems ok. What's not ok is the;
1. Train wheel bridge - £41.12
2. Automatic device framework - £69.17
3. Timed annular balance - £225.55 - ouch!
So, although I have no idea what these things are, that didn't seem too bad to get the watch back to good mechanical condition.
Non essential work includes:
Exchange of bezel - 537.71 (wow!) Apparently 'existing has ink missing' (not sure what this means, didn't realise it had any ink??)
Exchange of clasp - 56.48 (not too bad) there is some play in it, so I'm glad they've noted this - occasionally the clasp would pop open.
Thoughts at the moment are to have everything done aside from the bezel - it seems massively expensive, and I'm not even sure I'm fully aware of the 'ink' issue. That would come in at £950 there or there about. or, about what I paid for in it 2005 :)
Thoughts anyone, am I nuts? I presume there's no negotiation here either!
I do love the watch, and it would be great to have it back in fine fettle