Sticker shock

Mar 06, 2019,18:27 PM
 

Yes I was definitely surprised with the $1,200 quote. The mainspring was $300 bucks. The rest was labor I imagine. He said that he did maintenance and cleaning on the movement since he was going to be in there already fixing the mainspring. Fingers crossed no more issues.

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My Greytech is back from the dead

 
 By: Todd B. : March 5th, 2019-09:18
$1,200 later and itโ€™s working like a champ. Apparently the mainspring broke. Not sure exactly how as Iโ€™m extremely careful with my watches. Nonetheless, Iโ€™m glad my local mom and pop jeweler was able to get a mainspring from Montblanc and fox it locally s...  

Thanks [nt]

 
 By: Todd B. : March 6th, 2019-18:27

Thank you [nt]

 
 By: Todd B. : March 6th, 2019-18:27

Mainspring broke and $1200 necessitated repairs?

 
 By: patrick_y : March 5th, 2019-23:20
Jeez, that's a huge repair bill!

Sticker shock

 
 By: Todd B. : March 6th, 2019-18:27
Yes I was definitely surprised with the $1,200 quote. The mainspring was $300 bucks. The rest was labor I imagine. He said that he did maintenance and cleaning on the movement since he was going to be in there already fixing the mainspring. Fingers crosse... 

Glad itโ€™s back with you again...

 
 By: KMII : March 9th, 2019-07:34
And working as it should ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป