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Nice set there.
I took a damaged-on-receipt 1603 Datejust to David Duggan - https://www.daviddugganwatches.co.uk/ - which had a flat fee for in-house service/repair of £440 including parts. I don't think I'd take it back there for various reasons - they were generally quite rude and uncooperative and were extremely reluctant to even properly explain what was broken and how it might have happened, plus it took way longer than the six weeks quoted. At the same time I got a quote from Wempe which IIRC was slightly more expensive and would have resulted in it being sent away to Rolex, but the repairs were being paid for by the seller who insisted on it going to Duggan.
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@J0nathan cheers for the input, will stay clear of them then now I’ve had some other people recommended.
@underuser53929 – thanks, will note them down. For now I’ve emailed Robert who @Stonehedge recommended, thanks for that. Impressed by his website and credentials/ Rolex experience. Do you post the watch to him? He’s in Cornwall!
@freddo thanks for the insight! Why would they do that? I was quite taken back by their quote and it seems unnecessary to spend that much on a watch that works perfectly fine to me, though I don’t know anything at all. Having said that, due to hardly any recent use and definitely having never been serviced, someone recommissioning it seems sensible if I’m planning on getting some new plexiglass and the strap changed anyway. Not sure about missing endlinks, hopefully not, will check. If someone here can help that is a bonus :)
Found it in a 1983 brochure I think too
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replying to page 1163 where I introduced my dad's 1983 Oyster Speedking or 'Oyster Perpetual'. We are keeping it and it'll be my 21st present in a couple of months as 34mm is too small for my dad to ever wear. Thanks for making me see sense. Need to service it, put the old strap back on and some new plexiglass. It's manual.
Just popped into my local rolex dealer: £525 for a full service, £20ish to send it off and that takes 12 weeks with the fixed price, if nothing needs replacing. It is in full working order so it hopefully will just need the service and some new plexiglass. Going to round that up to £600 with the glass - is that the only option I have for a service or could I go somewhere independent? Also need the strap changing back and sizing, which I'd guess they'd do in store to get the right length?