Afternoon all,
I'm thinking of buying this watch:
tinyurl.com/c9n9233
As you can see from the description it needs a replacement glass. Anybody know roughly how much I can expect to pay for such a repair please?
Many thanks in advance.
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>> Afternoon all,
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>> I'm thinking of buying this watch:
I wouldn't, looks like its had a very hard life, the case is all scratched.
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>>the case is all scratched.
So it is! D'you know I hadn't noticed that. Cheers, Zeddo.
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I wear a Rolex. I've owned it from new but I wear it as an every day watch. The face is not scratched, but the buckle and the casing most certainly are. Its been banged, dropped, drowned and suffocated.
Its bullet proof, I windsurf, climb, garden and jump wearing it.
It is perfectly reliable. Like all Rolexes the time keeping is somewhat approximate but its been serviced most years and is a great watch.
My point being, that whilst I see what Zero is saying, the abuse (wear?) its received has been to the casing, not the workings. Its a watch, what do you think will happen to it?
I'd buy it. Its just a value judgement. Dunno what they are new, 2 or 3 hundred quid I'd guess, so for £50 I'd think I got a bargain.
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Amazon had this at £90 tinyurl.com/bwfgoj8 on the "black friday" deals.
I missed it.
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I stopped wearing a watch back in May. I normally carry a phone, so just look at that instead.
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>> My point being, that whilst I see what Zero is saying, the abuse (wear?) its
>> received has been to the casing, not the workings. Its a watch, what do you
>> think will happen to it?
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>> I'd buy it. Its just a value judgement. Dunno what they are new, 2 or
>> 3 hundred quid I'd guess, so for £50 I'd think I got a bargain.
I wouldn't, its not a rolex its a Citizen.
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Current bid + postage + repair with 2-way postage = £60 min...
New similar Citizen in Argos only £100 www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9072637.htm
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>> Like all Rolexes the time keeping is somewhat approximate
Ah yes. A colleague runs a small clock and watch business on the side. One of the things he showed me was a "Rolex" he'd aquired in Italy. Looked pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing, even the serial number was a genuine Rolex one and correctly corresponded to the model and year. He'd bought it out of curiosity as, given the quality of the fake, he was interested in what made it tick[1].
Having all the tools necessary, he removed the back to reveal an Eterna movement inside or, as he put it; "A far better movement than Rolex ever put in the d*mn*d things".
His reckoned that if you wanted a clockwork watch, the best bet was a Longines.
[1] Literally and figuratively.
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>>the best bet was a Longines.
Interesting. I didn't know that, but I do have one and it certainly is more accurate than the Rolex. However don't get the wrong idea, the Rolex is by no means bad its just noticeable.
I usually wear a Rado when I'm after spot on timing.
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>> Like all Rolexes the time keeping is somewhat approximate ...
>> and is a great watch.
Just proves that watches mean different things to different people :)
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>>Just proves that watches mean different things to different people :)
As does time.
Don't you regret the passing of the days where a watch that lost a couple of minutes a day still managed to fit in with the way we lived?
These days people seem worried about the efficiency of every last minute. I prefer my day to be one of approximates.
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I catch trains 3 days a week so perhaps my timing needs to be more accurate than average. Ok 'needs' is too strong but each minute I can delay leaving for the station is an extra minute in bed :)
But I've never seen a watch as fashion item anyway - IIRC the most expensive one I've bought was a £25(?) Timex Ironman with a 30 lap memory. Function over form every time (ha ha) for me.
Last edited by: Focusless on Mon 26 Nov 12 at 12:49
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Replacement glass - Citizen Eco Drive GN-4W-S - Zero
