I have a friend who is a watchmaker and he said he doesn't believe in the service every 5 years or less. He said you should only bring your watch in if it is not running correctly. Having said that I have a huge collection of affordable watches and the nice thing about collecting in that tier level, you can replace the entire movement if you like. I have Timex watches that are 50 years old and have never been services, both mechanical and quartz.
While for the most part I am ok with the idea on lower end automatic and mechanical watches; for the higher end movements that are more complicated I wouldn't recommend that. The last thing you want is a regular service turning into a major overhaul because of waiting till something broke before servicing it!
I have a friend who is a watchmaker and he said he doesn't believe in the service every 5 years or less. He said you should only bring your watch in if it is not running correctly. Having said that I have a huge collection of affordable watches and the nice thing about collecting in that tier level, you can replace the entire movement if you like. I have Timex watches that are 50 years old and have never been services, both mechanical and quartz.
While for the most part I am ok with the idea on lower end automatic and mechanical watches; for the higher end movements that are more complicated I wouldn't recommend that. The last thing you want is a regular service turning into a major overhaul because of waiting till something broke before servicing it!
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