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Wow your luck is much greater than mine! Not sure I could try the same ruse.
But yea was mum’s watch, bought new but I believe in a boutique in the Canaries. She gave it to me a couple years ago, and I like the size. It is way too fancy-show-off shiny for my tastes, but it has grown on me a lot. The size is ideal.
She stopped wearing it ages ago when she was told “probably more than its value” for the repair. Even my trusted watchmaker sucked through his teeth before an anecdote of the identical issue and repair that was not worth the gamble. He was very much pushing me away from making it his problem, partly because of the parts costs.
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Breitling story: I sent my Aerospace to Breitling to fix the hands which weren't working. Breitling quoted £475 for a full service, so I asked them to send it back. In between handing it in and getting it back the hands started working again.....
Anyway the point of the story was that Breitling quoted 4-6 weeks for the service, which I thought was pretty quick. Matt at the boutique in Regents Street was very helpful as were the staff at the service centre. Overall I was impressed by the service.
Breitling would definitely have cleaned and/or replaced everything and it would have come back looking brand new. I actually prefer the used/worn look, although I expect I would have achieved that again in no time.......