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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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Rolex will swap parts out if they need to be replaced to be able to do a satisfactory service/ repair so as to be able to give a two year warranty ( better then when new) . They won’t do willy nilly for the sake of it. And how is a part not “original” if supplied by the manufacturer? This whole Patina/ usability argument sometimes gets a bit ridiculous. If you want a watch you can happily use every day with a “ factory “ warranty then let them do it . If you want to leave it entirely original and just want to leave it in a box and look at it then don’t.
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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.