Devedander Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Just was thinknig how cool they are and then it got me thinking... that's pretty complicated looking... wonder what it costs to service and fix it up and how often you have it... Pretty much academic for me right now as I am not getting an $800 watch but curious all the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well having serviced one, I can tell you that it is the most troublesome and difficult movement known to man... The cage with the escape wheel, balance, pallet etc...took me 10 (TEN) hours to assemble...very hard to work on to say the least... How much to service? If you can find someone, not cheap at all...I'll never do another unless it's by the hour... RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well having serviced one, I can tell you that it is the most troublesome and difficult movement known to man... The cage with the escape wheel, balance, pallet etc...took me 10 (TEN) hours to assemble...very hard to work on to say the least... How much to service? If you can find someone, not cheap at all...I'll never do another unless it's by the hour... RG May I ask what takes you so long? Whenever I try to do something on a watch (install caseclamps for example, which sounds like an easy job), it always takes HOURS, because those damn screws wont get in the right place or the damn case clamp is not in the right position OR I press to hard with the tweezers and the screw jumps miles away and I have to look for ita all over the place, so I have to try this "easy" job over and over and over, and after 1 hour I finally managed to install ONE damn caseclamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK471 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well having serviced one, I can tell you that it is the most troublesome and difficult movement known to man... The cage with the escape wheel, balance, pallet etc...took me 10 (TEN) hours to assemble...very hard to work on to say the least... How much to service? If you can find someone, not cheap at all...I'll never do another unless it's by the hour... RG Your post made me laugh out loud. The mere fact that you were able to put it back together at all speaks volumes about your skills. Don't worry, though, Rob. I'll never hit you up for a tourby service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devedander Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well those 3rd gen tourbs look gorgeous but at $1000 it would have to be a special birthday presesnt or something so as good as they may be I still can't bring myself to get one knowing what I would be in for in terms of servicing. I figured as much as they would be really hard to work on... just watching one work makes me wonder how they got it all together in the first place not to mention the detail involved in getting the lubes in the right places... Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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