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Watch repair cost.

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  • 12-03-2019 9:00pm
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    Oxter
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭


    What hourly rate do watchmskers charge for repairs? If i ge my car repaired I get told the hourly rate first.

    I have a 17 year old Seiko divers kinetic.
    If i sourced a new movement, o-rings etc how long would it tske and what labour cost?


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    Wibbs
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    They don't work like that O. Usually watchmakers break down prices according to complications, which naturally increase the work and risk of breakage involved. So for example rates might be: Mechanical hand wound time and date only - price level 1. Mechanical automatic time and date only - price level 2. Mechanical hand wound chronograph - price level 3 and so on. As you know yourself the Seiko Kenetic is roughly speaking an automatic quartz, so may be more a movement swap rather than repair. This is a lot less fiddly than breaking down and cleaning a mechanical movement. If you find a new movement I can't see it being an expensive repair.

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    Oxter
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭Oxter


    Wibbs wrote: »
    They don't work like that O. Usually watchmakers break down prices according to complications, which naturally increase the work and risk of breakage involved. So for example rates might be: Mechanical hand wound time and date only - price level 1. Mechanical automatic time and date only - price level 2. Mechanical hand wound chronograph - price level 3 and so on. As you know yourself the Seiko Kenetic is roughly speaking an automatic quartz, so may be more a movement swap rather than repair. This is a lot less fiddly than breaking down and cleaning a mechanical movement. If you find a new movement I can't see it being an expensive repair.

    The cost of a rebuild (250-300) is not viable - the watch is €290 new from Creation. A new movement is the only way.

    A Vostok website lists movments for sale on their site. If only Seiko eould do the same.


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    johnphillips
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    I had a similarly aged Seiko kinetic serviced in the UK through Weirs at the end of last year. It cost me €170. It had stopped working so needed some work on the battery or a new one entirely. Not as complicated as a dive watch but it has a date complication.


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