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Sorry guys, I meant to post this experience on the forum earlier, but never got round to it. My Graham Chronofighter Tech Seal had a subdial that didn't reset to zero and the Perth watchsmith said he could fix it. I asked him to do a full service at the same time, which he agreed to do, but said it might take a while. I wasn't in a hurry, so said ok. A few months later I called him and he said it was ready, but he'd lost my number. I went to collect it the following weekend. I asked him how much I owed him and he said £40!!! I asked him if it had been stripped down and serviced as well and he said yes. Alarm bells ringing loudly now!! I gave him the cash and he handed over the watch, which still had the subdial fault. I told him it still had the same fault as when I had taken it to him and he made some crap excuse about it having been alright when he had rebuilt it. He said if I left it with him for an hour he would sort it. I went back later and it was fixed-ish! It was resetting ALMOST to zero, but very slighly off. I'm a perfectionist so wasn't best pleased, but decided to cut and run rather than have him open it up again. I'm pretty sure he hadn't even opened the watch, let alone serviced it, but obviously I couldn't prove that. Unfortunatley, the outcome is obviously stay away, as I now don't believe he's up to the tasks we need here.

Happy New Year and very best wishes to everyone here on RWG. I hope you all have a fantastic 2013! Cheers!

GMTIIC

Yeah, trying to reinstate my VIP status, but getting a Paypal error message.

It might be more useful if it melted my hard drive!!

I'm no AP expert, but the hour markers look like V3

If you can get a Panda, don't think twice! Grab it with both hands.

Rush - The Camera Eye

My DJ from '93 and my GMTIIC from '09

Breitling Seawolf has got to be up there too! Especially the latest version.

Ditto! Stay safe everyone.

Agreed. Devus, I can't make up my mind if your avatar is cool or annoying!

Curious about the effect on watches too. I know these clasps can wipe the info from the magnetic strips on credit cards etc.

Kev, your family has a tough road ahead. Just remember, we're all here for you.

I was unable to change the day/date on my Ebel Discovery and sent it to Domi. 6 to 8 weeks is probably more realistic, but have no fears. His work is top notch and I got mine back working like a gen. I'll definitely use him again.

Stop it! You're just making it worse!

I would assume that shipping between countries which are members of the EU would not be subject to the same attention as packages sent from non-EU members, but I could be wrong. If this is the case, then yes, it would make sense for dealers to try and bulk ship to the EU.

Sorry, deleted the newsletter, but it said, basically, that they had made new arrangements and shipping to the EU and UK was now safe.

Just got a newsletter update from Andrew, as I'm sure many of you have. Seems that the problems shipping to the UK have been resolved. I'm guessing Joshua will send a similar update soon.

Hi, welcome to RWG. You'll find the TD's in the Watches, clothing and accessories forum.

Welcome to the illustrious order of horological worm can openers. Enjoy your stay. (Yes, we need pics. It's what keeps us going!)

Maxman put me in the notion of taking the yellow wolf out today.......... C'mon Mike, give us a pic of the new love in your life!!

Glad your happy with the SW, Mike. It's still one of my favourites. Enjoy.