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Servicing and Long-Term Reliability

In Response To: great debate cajun mike and john ()

This has been an interesting discussion! Georges' last post has me wondering about the servicing of ETA and Rolex movements. Georges stated that the ETA 2892-2 movement needs to be serviced every five years. Rolex recommends that the 3135 movement be serviced every five years, so the movements have similar service schedules. Omega recommends servicing the co-ax movements every ten years, which is longer than the service schedules recommended by Rolex. Therefore it appears that the cost of ownership is significantly less with an Omega, especially since I believe Rolex charges more than Omega for servicing.

How does servicing a movement impact its long-term reliability? Is a movement "like new" after being serviced? If not, what is the expected life of the ETA 2892-2 and Rolex 3135 movements?

Thanks...Kelly