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Lance Thomas is my hero.
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...so as a follow up to this post, after reading all these bits of advice, I took mine and the wife's datejusts in to a very fancy local shop that "is a factory trained Rolex expert/specialist" (yeah right). For 2 watches cleaned (including random parts and gaskets etc), lubricated, 2 new crystals (mine is older and only cost $70, hers is about 10 years old and it cost approx $170?), and fancy polishing it was $1100. I am very happy and can not believe how new they both look.
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Wish you lived a bit closer. My local guy charged about 1/3 the price and is an ex-Rolex trained tech.
Anyway, at least they are good for another 10 years. Joe A
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Re: yet another ROLEX question.
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You can't. Just get another acrylic crystal put on it. Rolex still mfg. them. The plus side is the acrlic crystal cleans very easily (Scratches, etc.) with a product called Polywatch.
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Did you ever email Ralph and could he help you? Hugh is looking for some help with a Rolex band and we are trying to find some sources for him. Joe A
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yea, i did call that guy. he said he can help, i just have to do the hard part and pony up the cash. well, i have a few issues. no to the crystal, and yes to replacing the stolen gold rolex bracelet.
strange, i just broke the band on my tudor. hhhhmmm. group jinx?
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I would not go to anyone other than Rolex for this. They also buff and polish the case, band and crystal, repaint the numbers on the Daytona etc. Worth every penny.
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Take a stainless steel model (Daytona, President...whatever) and then compare this to the price of the solid gold model. There is a $10,000.- +/- difference in price, but the gold weight of the latter is probably 2 or 3 oz max - and it isn't even pure gold. So you pay a premium of 10K for something that should cost 1 or 2K at most. Even more extreme profits are made by Rolex on the diamond and ruby encruted models. A friend of mine in Hong Kong deals in these watches and once showed me a pie-chart that indicated the cost components of a typical Rolex watch. Materials and manufacturing was less than 10%! A huge amount - 30 or 40% - went to advertising! Objectively (value for money) the watch is a total rip off. Still, I wouldn't trade mine for any other brand. You either get it or you don't. Just like a 911 - as someone pointed out.
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Give these guys a shout, they did an exceptional job on a really beat up vintage rolex and brought it back to life for a very reasonable price. They are in HK so you would have to send it there, but I did not have any issues. 4 week turn around.
www.classicwatchparts.com michael.young@classicwatchparts.com
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As long at they keep their quality and value, will keep wearing them. My first GMT master, a steel and gold version is now over 30 years old and still works like new. Joe
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Yes and no.
The current daytona movement is in-house, the previous one was by Zenith, the previous ones were by various other manufacturers. All their current movements are in house and the non-complicated ones were in house for most of their history. But yes, their Cost of Goods is very low compared to their MSRP.
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Not to hijack the thread, but everytime I see your car in your signature and click on it, I think you must have one of the nicest '88's around. Great specs. Respect!
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The Daytona movement has been 'in-house' since '03.
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Scratches on an acrylic lens can be easily buffed out at any jewelers for a few bucks. My personal experience.
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