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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 609539, member: 6444"]I've collected a bunch of old watches, and a few very nice ones, but most of the nice ones I get need some amount of repair. Here's one I just picked up, not old, but authentic. It doesn't work; other than taking off the back I haven't done anything to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although it cost only $20, the problem is that paying for repair is quite expensive, and probably close to the value of the watch in good working condition. I repair everything I buy myself, and have a back remover tool to change a watch battery, but haven't had the guts to try to fully disassemble a watch. So what do you do when you get a nice watch that needs repair? Have you found someplace that will do repairs at a reasonable cost? Or do you just avoid the problem by avoiding non-working watches?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]179278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 609539, member: 6444"]I've collected a bunch of old watches, and a few very nice ones, but most of the nice ones I get need some amount of repair. Here's one I just picked up, not old, but authentic. It doesn't work; other than taking off the back I haven't done anything to it. Although it cost only $20, the problem is that paying for repair is quite expensive, and probably close to the value of the watch in good working condition. I repair everything I buy myself, and have a back remover tool to change a watch battery, but haven't had the guts to try to fully disassemble a watch. So what do you do when you get a nice watch that needs repair? Have you found someplace that will do repairs at a reasonable cost? Or do you just avoid the problem by avoiding non-working watches? [ATTACH=full]179278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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