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Re: condensation in seamaster
In Response To: Re: condensation in seamaster ()

I finally did send the watch to Switzerland. They told me that it will cost approxiamtely 300 USD including the shipping back to me (depending on the damage). I called the secaucus office and they gave me higher price for the same job. Then it was a no brainer for me. I called the swiss office and spoke to a customer service representative.
I will post my experience here after I receive my watch back.

: I just got my mid-size ss/18k Seamaster back
: today after $527 of repairs in Secaucus.
: After 5 years, I had done some snorkeling
: (not diving) on vacation, and saw it fogged
: soon after. (I will ALWAYS check that crowns
: are screwed down, never mind that it is
: supposed to hold a seal at limited depth
: with them open). Because of the moisture,
: ALL the luminous features died (perhaps this
: would not have happened before
: politically-incorrect tritium was dropped
: for a presumptively inferior alternative.)
: New face, and all new hands.

: It needed the service anyway, and they did a
: sweet job buffing and brushing it to look
: new (but somehow, they failed to replace the
: back the the local hack butchered with the
: wrong tool.)

: Unless you have a powerful reason to trust your
: local guy, send it to Secaucus. The only
: reason to do it locally is to save time, not
: money.

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