My Big Pilot was refreshed,

and they left the fish crown and patina dial with a bronze hued date frame.

My only gripe is I had a Ti Aquatimer GST and the lug pins were replaced with polished steel, not blasted titanium. They denied the pins were different which was blatantly obviously incorrect.

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IWC... and tritium

By: j.jota : November 6th, 2024-18:54

So, I'm contemplating sending my vintage Mark XII to the Richemont center here in the U.S. for a service, but really, really concerned about them trying (insisting?) on replacing the original, pristine tritium hands with replacement luminova ones and the ...

Yes, j.jota.

By: bruckner4 : November 6th, 2024-19:08

Sent my 3706 in a few years back. Spelled out no replacements/no polish and they respected my wishes. ...

That's really good to hear... was the service performed through the Fort Worth, TX facility or sent back to Schaffhausen?

By: j.jota : November 6th, 2024-19:12

Yes, Ft. Worth.

By: bruckner4 : November 6th, 2024-19:19

I assume all the work was done there. Wish I could remember how long it took, but it wasn't anything crazy.

I recently sent in an older titanium Aquatimer

By: blau : November 6th, 2024-19:15

It didn't have tritium in the first place, but they did exactly what I requested and refrained from exactly what I requested they refrain from. It was quite refreshing!

nice... thanks :-)

By: j.jota : November 6th, 2024-19:24

glad to see IWC appreciating the vintage legacy of the brand... that wasn't always the case! ...

My Fish Crowns Have Always Come Back

By: Steve E : November 6th, 2024-19:57

They seem to respect fish crowns, because I never specifically asked to preserve them. That has been my experience with multiple services / multiple watches. However, I did once request to have tritium parts on a 3705 returned after updating dial and hand...