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Originally Posted by javadog
You can approve or decline whatever you wish. When I had them service my 5512, I was quite explicit as to what they could or couldn’t do. They had no problem with it.
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Correct.
If/when you send a Rolex to an RSC, you will receive a work order in which you can approve or decline individual services. If there is something not mentioned, it is always a good idea to address it prior to the final work-order sign-off.
That being said, I would probably stick with The Dallas RSC (for most "modern-ish" refrences). IME, NYC is somewhat less "flexible" (and/or more pushy) regarding service recommendation latitude, for some reason.
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Originally Posted by javadog
I’ve never seen them over polish anything, it looks like it did when it left the factory.
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It does happen. I've seen more than a few watches that have been over-polished via RSC service. It has usually been with watches that had a fair amount of nicks/scratches to begin with and/or those that have been service-polished several times. I've seen bracelets where the coronet has been completely polished off by the RSC (especially on precious-metal references). Even Rolex themselves have previously acknowledged/stated a finite number of factory service polishes before a case is considered to be no longer serviceable (somewhere around 6-8 times, IIRC).
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Originally Posted by javadog
That’s definitely something you can’t always say for independent service facilities or local contractors, they simply don’t have the time, skill and equipment to do what Rolex does.
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Depends. As of my last watch sent in to an RSC, they don't offer laser/micro-welding, so the amount of material removed during a polish is dictated by the worst/deepest scratch. A few reputable indys do offer laser-welding, so if a case has just one nasty scratch/ding, they can weld it up prior to case polishing, which requires far less material to be removed as a whole, to achieve the same results. Some of those same indys will also weld up the lug holes prior to polish, and then re-drill them after polishing (which Rolex does not do). This results in crisp/sharp lug holes, as opposed to "dished" holes.