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IHC Life Member
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posted February 04, 2017 16:10
This once good working watch was sent into to a "watch repair shop" Google rating 1.3, to be told it could not be repaired.
Quick initial look and started a list and stopped after a few seconds as too much damage,detent screw head broken & plate damaged, barrel arbor, click spring, third wheel  broken, hairspring damaged, basically now a parts watch at best.

 
Posts: 2626 | Location: Northeast Texas in the USA | Registered: November 20, 2003
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posted February 04, 2017 16:10
 
Posts: 2626 | Location: Northeast Texas in the USA | Registered: November 20, 2003
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Certified Watchmaker
Picture of Chris Abell
posted February 04, 2017 16:12
From a pocket watch in for repair this week.
a lot of work trying to make a jewel fit.
Classic square jewel in round hole.....

 
Posts: 2626 | Location: Northeast Texas in the USA | Registered: November 20, 2003
IHC Member 1555
posted February 04, 2017 22:37
Butchery at it's worst Chris, shameful. I do not think the google rating for the repair shop is accurate, should be 0.3
 
Posts: 2265 | Location: Gladstone in Australia | Registered: January 14, 2011
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Picture of Phillip Sanchez
posted February 05, 2017 07:35
Chris, thanks for sharing this. Reminding us that not everyone is a graduate certified watchmaker.
We all should choose our repair service carefully, cheap and inexperienced work can often be irreversible or expensive to restore before correcting the original problems.
 
Posts: 4975 | Location: North Georgia Mountains in the U.S.A. | Registered: March 31, 2006
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posted February 06, 2017 08:04
What a mess! Eek

Regards! Mark
 
Posts: 3838 | Location: Estill Springs, Tennessee, USA | Registered: December 02, 2002
posted February 06, 2017 21:27
Wow....
Unbelievable.....

Robert Smile


"It's like deja vu all over again..."
 
Posts: 871 | Location: Savannah, Georgia in the USA | Registered: March 14, 2009
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Certified Watchmaker
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posted February 10, 2017 11:49
Sadly this is a weekly thing, and water damage is another major thing I get in.
 
Posts: 2626 | Location: Northeast Texas in the USA | Registered: November 20, 2003
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