Bork99 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Had my eye on the RB II for a while. It would be my first AP, and the most expensive rep I've bought to date, so the sec @ 12 horror stories have me a bit concerned. Angus and Peter both offer movement servicing for US$ 120 at the time of purchase. Since I don't know any good watchmakers in my area (Johannesburg, South Africa) this seems like a good way to go. Has anyone got any experience with the servicing these fellows offer? Is it on a par with good watchmakers elsewhere, or should I rather keep looking locally? And/or anyone happen to know of watchmakers in my neighbourhood that do good work and will work on reps? Sooner or later I'm going to need one! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I usually don't trust the dealers for servicing. Maybe they service it maybe they don't ; no way to tell and you pay an extra $120 Both Angus and Peter are in a sense sales reps of the same factory, it is not them doing any servicing or in most cases even ever touching your watch. They place an order at the factory and the factory then drop ships the watch to you. The factory lies to them, they pass along the lie. Or maybe not, maybe they really fully service it at the factory but that is the chance you would be taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 "Service" in Chinese...means thank you very much for that extra $120... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray0244 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Aloha, Joshua from Perfect Clones told me the same - no watch servicing in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertieng Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Personally I always found this outrages. Paying big money for these reps and still have to pay extra for servicing. I can't complaint if the rep cost USD100 but for those asking for 500-600 bucks shouldn't we desrver to have a properly working product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Your outrage is definitely shared and warranted given the price. In my view the problem is that in order to make the reps more accurate in the case of the seconds at 12, we have a factory installing modules to an overwise good movement. This extra step in my opinion is being done by non-watchsmiths and the result is what we see and really they all need a servicing unless you get real lucky. A regular Asian 7750 should be fine for a few years without a service but a modded one you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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