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georges: do you happen to be interested in cars?

Anything mechanical can only last or perform if it is well lubricated. Please don't tell me certain brand or modeled cars don't need oil change. Isn't it the same with watches? Isn't that common sense?

I guess you should service your watch more often if you want them last longer.

Well, I have no reason to doubt your experiences, but your argument about "in-house" is better than "non in-house" is logically flawed. A product is better is because it's indeed better in performance, rather not because it's "in-house". I believe there are a lot of "in-house" craps too.

A product is priced at "mid-range" still does mean it has less performance. This is a pure production efficiency and marketing issue, not necessarily related to quality. A simple example: A watchmaker likes to design watches. He likes to use the best materials in the industry. But he can only make 2~3 watches each year, you can imagine the prices for his watches. Are you serious thinking his watch will perform better than mass produced product? because his watch is marketed as build to last or of the best quality. You actually seem to be more easily to be persuaded by marketing hype, even though you said you are not.