Girard Perregaux

And I have to say i am not too pleased... The price while on the slightly high side for a ref. 7300 seahawk, seems reasonable to me. After all i like the watch. But 1 year for a service?!?!?!?? Ok. So what happened to my seahawk was that the gold crown fa...  

44 weeks? I'd expect 4-6 weeks for a repair cycle. I'd question that in the hope that it's a typo and the lead time is really 4 weeks. Worth clarifying anyway.

I am going to call them tomorrow to clarify this....

... they mention a year for warranty, you'd have thought they'd specify such a long repair cycle as "months" rather than weeks...

Bummer

8 weeks is not so bad (44 would be crazy though!)

I was told it was going to take 8 weeks when i first brought it. Well now its 44 lol

Hope it ends up shorter than that...

Hi Matt, putting the price aside, as far as repair cycles are concerned, you need to consider that a Sea Hawk 7300 would already qualify for a vintage service where there will be a queue. I had my 7100 serviced recently and yes the wait was long, but the ... 

While the time is long it is reasonable if the vintage queue is the hold up. No production model can afford to not be top priority as they need to assure fast turnarond on current and warranty work. It sounds like the job is done in ch. alos if cc has pri... 

I know I have to get it fixed by GP because only GP would have the parts necessary. However, i cannot be too happy about the 1 year lead tome though. Even my friend\'s beaten up Omega alarm watch came back in 6months Would there be anyway to opt out from ... 

It is almost like a having a new baby. I completely understand i suffer the vintage madness with Rolex and can only find specialized watchmakers to do my service as Rolex through normal servoce to not accept vintage. At least we can still find movement pa... 

Because I have mixed feelings about this

Not sure the before photo will help as it was the movement, the crown and the bezel that were broken on mine. In summary, it looked BAD.

Took me ages to scroll down and find those pics. Looks great man! With the full service, will they also work on the bracelet? Because the clasping action was not as smooth as it should be

Mine did not have a bracelet, much prefer straps in general

I want it back like new haha

I know that queue for service are often long for most brands, but I didn't know that 44 weeks was to be expected!? What would be interesting know is if this is a service that is done locally at your AD or if this is a service where they actually send the ... 

The local AD told me they cannot service it locally because it is an older model. So it was sent to switzerland and I waited a month to get this quotation. I would have found 6months to be an acceptable lead time but i have mixed feelings about this

They must have asked during the Swiss vacation period. 44 weeks / 10 months - honestly, I had worse experiences with other brands. Is it fast, no. But as stated, it is vintage (+20 years since in the catalogue) so... I know it is no comfort for you, but I... 

Hi All I am not sure what is the exchange rate from Singapore $ to US$, but if I remember correctly was a little higher than 1 : 1. So price wise it is still high, at 1.2 : 1 that means about 1200 USD for service only, without dial. I just sent my GP for ... 

The USD strengthened vis a vis the SGD significantly last year September-ish and it has been floating at about 1.35:1 since i believe. Still on the higher side than you mentioned though!

I have given the AD the ok sign to go ahead with the service. GP you will be missed. Maybe to fill up the emptiness, i should get a modern seahawk in the meantime?

From my own multiple experiences the answer is profoundly no. Exactly like Matt's, straightforward repairs are responded with unreasonable cost and time estimates with the sole options being to approve or pass on service and be left without any repair opt... 

Yes, GP had problems with the after market service. Last few years GP worked hard to improve the service line! Is it flawless? No, but they work hard to improve. But as for all manufacture this is a multi level issue. If not a brand boutique, then the loc... 

Both of you make good points. Yes, I am a little upset with GP with this matter but i also feel it is unjustified for me to push all the blame to the primary source itself because it is a multi-faceted issue. I now just hope that the watch will come back ... 

Please keep us posted how it turns out! Best Blomman

Shocking, almost as bad as Patek. Very sorry to hear this. Also they take a year to service your watch and only give you a one year warranty - they should at least give a couple of years I would hope.

Just a bit puzzled by one thing though. I remember bringing another GP of similar age 5 years back for a service and it was still under service as a modern watch. And I would usually consider watches pre1980s to be vintage than something from the 90s :P

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