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Originally Posted by JeremyD

Mine loses about a minute a month - and it's 22 years old and has endured all sort of torture.

Mine are about the same. You can get them adjusted to be pretty accurate but how you wear them, how often they are on your arm and so on changes things.

This is with several flavours of the GMT Master, Daytona and President.

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

Okay, I hear ya...

Q: when you send your Rolex into be "serviced" what exactly do they do? How often does this have to be done? If you don't do it, then what happens to the watch?

-Wayne

You can take them to a local Rolex dealer and they will usually send them to the factory department for work. Everyone adds their percentage.

I was lucky enough to find a local guy who used to work at Rolex and is now retired. He still has his tools and such and does all of mine now for about 40% what the factory guys do.

If you do not service it on a regular basis they usually will do fine but should be cleaned and serviced every 10 years or so. Going longer means that they will not keep their accuracy and should a seal or such get old they can get moisture inside. Longer it stays there the more damage it can do and costs more for the repair and replacement parts.