GenTLe Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Hi Gents, I recently met an old friend from the boy-scout period (when we were both around 16yo) and discovered that he worked around 10/15 years as watchsmith in one high level goldsmith shop, repairing/servicing Rolex/AP etc etc. Now he opened his own watchsmith shop and I was wondering to propose him some kind of business for the world this Forum represent since, as most probably all here have experienced, it's a disaster to find techs that accept our watches. I would NOT do this for my personal gain (well, at most I'll ask him to service one of my watches for free ) but just because this could help us (within EU there are no customs so it's not like sending a watch to the Zigmeister in Canada...) and also him to gain something because, as said, his shop is pretty new (not so for his experience). I think (but this for sure must be verified) that servicing reps should not fall into some legal trap as it's a not a matter of selling or purchasing counterfeited objects I'll ask him if he's interested just for servicing (unassembly/cleaning/oiling/reassembly/synchronizing), not for repairing (at most just caliber replacement) because he's a friend and I don't want him to go mad trying to repair watches for which the spare parts are crazy to find. So, just to understand the possible audience, is some of you guys interested to have such a possibility? Cheers, GenTLe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximo101 Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yes, please. It is very difficult - I haven't managed to find a rep friendly WS in the south of germany yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted October 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Uhm, the fact is that he told me (look the date of the thread) that he prefer to avoid to deal with reps. He basically was only doing me a favor by servicing mines. Anyway, what's the problem and on witch watch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lo' Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Uhm, the fact is that he told me (look the date of the thread) that he prefer to avoid to deal with reps. He basically was only doing me a favor by servicing mines. Anyway, what's the problem and on witch watch? This unfortunately is a big issue for repsters in Italy, as local watchsmiths will generally not work on reps. Someone willing to take on a reparation will be found here and there but only on a one time basis. There apparently is no way to establish a routine with our domestic smiths so, we most of the time are obliged to send our valued pieces abroad with the consequent risk of having it stolen or seized by the custom authorities. My best shot so far is a very good technician I found in southern France, which will work on any rep and will do all kind of reparations except mods and luming/reluming. The guy's prices are very good and he is a trusted and respected member in another well known reps forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firnatine Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Send to Micky (SSTEEL) in Finland 1000% service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Send to Micky (SSTEEL) in Finland 1000% service. Yes, he's very good. Not sure he will accept works from a non VIP member... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillz Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Ssteel is awesome. Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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