Horloger

Guys, I sent my 3450 to be "serviced." 18 months. $3,500. Specified no polishing of the case as I did not want the Hallmarks worn down. As for my 5004, it is clearly understood that if you send it in with a white dial to get a black dial put on, you...

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Dear Guys, Thank you so much for all your replies which were quite insightful. I hope I din't give anyone false hopes with Patek doing dial exchanges on 3970s. My question had more to do with dial exchanges on vintage annual and perpetual calanders -...

Obviously, it depends on the cost and model of the watch. However, most collectors insist on Certificate of Origin for more expensive recent watches - 5050/ 5970/etc. They would surely be miffed if there was no Certificate and would pay far less...un...

Guys, Somehow in reading this thread I feel that Bruno should have shown the watch and its dial along with the movement at the beginning and then posed the question. I find it incredible that Suitbert could put it all together and figure out what the...

One question about the sound. If after a long wait you finally got your repeater and thought the sound was "off" could it be fine tuned in Geneva? I realize that there are 506 parts and that the sum is greater and there will be individual variations,...

With all the discussion about the 5970 and 5070 I logged on to my favorite internet dealer and found a 5970R, 5970G, and a 5070G all available in factory seal at only a 1-2K premium depedning on what the current price is ( they want less than a 100K...