So the (former) AD watchsmith got impressed :)

[GenTLe]

As said in a post some time ago, I have a friend from teenage period (we both were in the same scout group) that worked 10/15 years or so as watchsmith in "THE" Rolex AD here in a near 50000 inhabitant city.

From some months he opened his own jewelry shop (independent watchsmith too) and it happened that I met him after some years just one month ago.

So I asked him if he could service my reps (for around 95$ each) and he was telling me "If you want, but just because you're a friend.. I can give them a look... They are such bad that they fall apart even unassembly them... I've seen some of them from other friends... Such sh_t..." etc

 

So today I went there with my BP Pam 164:

 

He saluted me and ironically told me "So have you brought here your crap?". And I was smiling within my self.

Then he proposed me to open it (it's a closed case back) to see inside, asking me firstly if I've already gave it a look inside, and when I said "no" he smiled and replied "Ahahah, so you still don't know what mess there is inside, eh?". Again I was smiling within my self.

 

So he went in the back shop to open it and staid there some 5 minutes, during which I heard a "Jesus!" from that side. Now my smile was quite open

 

He came back and told me "YOu know? This movement is indeed a good one!!! How much you told me you paid for it?". At that point I was laughing openly (no other customers in the shop)  

 

Then, as final axe in my cuff, I said "You know? It's also real sapphire glass that one...". 

 

Point - Set - Match!

 

He'll service it no problem, and will do also for my incoming ones     

He still don't get why I spend my money in fake watches considering that 5/6 of them + service and I could take an used gen that may keep value with time, but ok, we all know why we're going for these, isn't it?

 

 

[bvc]

I had a similar experience with my sosf. Watchsmiths love telling you how bad reps are! You would think they would know that watches of the standard we have become accustomed to are out there! Even if they've never worked on one.

Just confirms to me how lucky I am to have found you fellow watch nuts. Even if you have almost bankrupted me with your watch porn.

Bvc.

[GenTLe]

Even if you have almost bankrupted me with your watch porn.

 

Ehhh, this is my problem too.

More: from around 1 year I'm heavily refurbishing my house, so I had to go back to live with my mother (well yeah, I'm Italian in the end ), which is just 200m from my house, and I'm carefully hiding my watches not to have a proper war in here