Selv Inflicted Injurys

[hannover_dk]

First of all - I totally agree that the the service time of many of the expensive watch brands are totally insane.
With regard to the price of the service, I imagine - but am no as sure - that they largely overcharge.

I would as "user" hope that spareparts was available to all, but I will give the big brands, that:

They do not want someone who are not qualified, to give a watch a full service. Do not think that any watchmaker, can service anything as well as maybe the proffs sitting with the great brands.

To some extend it has to do with tools - and they are not inexpensive. If you want to be able to give full service to an Omega CoAxial, and AP, a GP or even a more simple thing (though many parts involved) a Zenith elPrimero - you will often need special tools and often even special oils (can be managed but still)

I do not think this is like - black or white. There are pros and contras, and I do NOT think is will reduce the sales for those brands in question.

I strongly feel that it would be wrong for e.g. Omega not to allow individual watchmakers/repairman to get acces to spareparts as they may exist from the periode before 1990 or whatever. That is not justified by wanting to ensure the repair process, but only to stop smaller watch shops from doing a service - but for the most expensive brands, it can make sense

By the way - why is this being such a new topic - It has been like that for years with Rolex- You can make "work-arounds" but they have reserved spareparts and service to themselves generally - and it has worked for them, has it not. They have not lost market, but added to the feeling of an exclusive watch
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