It's not serviced unless it's Zig serviced

[TK471]

You guys may find this interesting. I recently purchased a 250 that I was told had been "serviced." I had no reason to doubt it. The movement was a bit slow, but generally worked ok. Every now and then there'd be some massive hiccup, though. One day would be minutes and minutes off. It was strange. Chalked it up to lack of wear -- if it sat, it didn't keep good time. If it was worn, it did ok. WRONG!

Get a load of what Zig had to do to get this movement working properly.

"Movement completely disassembled.  Various problems noted

Pallet fork end was bent up, straightened out

Pallet stones were loose and the exit stone was not adjusted correctly, the escape wheel was dropping on the impluse face instead of the locking face.  Exit pallet stone adjusted correctly.  Both stones cleaned of defective shellac, new shellac melted on stones, secure now and adjusted correctly.

Movement was dry with very little lubrication anywhere.

Center seconds hand tube was defective, the tube pulled off and separated from hand when removed.  New tube fabricated and riveted to hand, re-installed."

Unbelievable. It just goes to show again how much time and attention he spends on these things. It's now ready for years of trouble-free operation.

[mjmurphy926]

Zig IS the man!

[TK471]

Your sig is kill in me!

[mjmurphy926]

Your sig is kill in me!

I'm glad you like it TK...You might want to take a look in the Gentlemens lounge at the Bits, Bytes, & Babes forum...

[Jkay]

Rob is the "Doctor House" of watch making. His astonishing knowledge of his craft is only matched by his expertise with the tools of his craft, leaving the common man thunderstruck in his wake.

[simonporsche]

Had my Asian 7750 serviced just before Christmas with zig and he's worth the money. If you have a watch that's a keeper then send it for a full service to him. A1.

[Fi5herman]

Same experience here. Movement serviced by a local watchsmith, but there were problems here & there obviously. Sent it to The Zigmeister & he found problems like broken spring, over-greased etc. From that time on I decided I'd never send to any watchsmith I don't know.

[vlydog]

You've got that right!

Trust and piece of mind

[hooky]

Zigmeister is a very good watch smith indeed. There are more good watch smith who are 'old skool' and have a ton of experience. But there are not many good ones. There are a lot of 'so so' watch smiths.

And also experience with Asian 7750 is also a must, because they have their own problems. So I would never have a replica serviced or worked on by watch smith who do not have a lot of experience with A7750 movements. Period. Whenever they did not have the experience with that, I politely thanked them and moved on.

And Zig belongs to the top. Outstanding work. There are not many people who are great at modding and reluming and as well being a great watch smith as well.

[btocamelo]

I thought Zig was backed up and was not taking on new customers? ...or am I thinking of some other watch guy?

[pabler]

Very good to know. So it is supposed to be serviced by factory and we can't trust them anymore. We know these movements are full of dirt and not greased, but if they say it's serviced and it isn't.......

[Jkay]

I thought Zig was backed up and was not taking on new customers? ...or am I thinking of some other watch guy?

Rob's availability changes over the year. Yes .. sometimes he is jammed up. Other times he takes new people. The only way to find out is to ask him.

[grifter]

Rob is the best. Watchsmith, customer service, work quality, skills... the list goes on. Absolutely the best I've dealt with and the best work I've seen.

I'm going to stop now before my man-crush gets revealed..