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Glad to have this back...
Out for more than a year for service at the manufacturer.
With me for almost 2 weeks, and it is fast by ~20 seconds. I'll take that.
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Glad to have this back...
Out for more than a year for service at the manufacturer. With me for almost 2 weeks, and it is fast by ~20 seconds. I'll take that. ...
It was 5 months initially...
but I discovered an issue after its returned from service, and it went away for another 10 months.
A year is long.
I can image you missed it quite a bit and are glad to be reunited. Was there something very wrong either it or did they give an explanation why it took so long?
Too long indeed.
It went for a routine service which was returned after 5 months. Then I discovered an issue (day wheel isn't advancing), and it took another 10 months to fix it.
Certainly way too long.
One wonders just how service is supposed to work if ostensibly watchmakers are to tackle things quickly enough. It surely isn't that hard to figure out what the problem was and to rectify it. But most importantly it is back to you and in good shape!
One year for service and 20 seconds fast a day. And I thought Patek’s service was horrible. In my opinion, the fundamental, the basic, the primordial task of a watch…
…is to keep time. Anything else is bells and whistles. And the better watch ought to keep watch precisely. This is no quartz vs mechanical discussion. I’m referring to quality mechanical movements. A quality mechanical movement must be precise at the very...