I also had one my Swiss made vintage watches overhauled & regulated last month. When I got it back yesterday, the hesalite glass had a scratch on it, although barely visible. The watch repairman wasn't able to tell me what kind of movement was inside my watch, although he supposedly overhauled it. I didn't receive any protocols of what exactly was done to my watch, and neither received a bill or receipt for the work. The only protocol, bill & receipt of work and payment I got was a small piece of paper with writings in ink that was stapled to a small paper bag which was used to put the watch inside. And this is supposedly an 'authorized'and reputable dealer! I'm furious! Never again. :-( At least the watch looks to be funcitoning.
Common man
: I got my watch back after having the time
: regulated (was losing 5 secs/day after being
: repaired)I was able to observe the
: technicians work area and saw some really
: neat machines! They put my watch on an
: electronic device with an articulating arm
: that rotated it automatically into different
: positions while presumably taking readings
: via an oscilliscope type of screen. The
: bonus of it was they gave me a printed copy
: of this "machines" findings that
: indicated tendencies of the watch depending
: on what position it was left in ie: face up
: +5', side crown up -1' etc. I've been using
: this info to keep my watch pretty much bang
: on with an atomic clock. Also interesting
: was the finding that with the chronograph
: running it affected the time approx. -1' and
: with it stopped +1'. That info alone made
: the 2 wk repair time worth it! Just thought
: some might find that kind of interesting...
