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I was initially a bit surprised about the length of the period with no service, but in general sounds like a reasonable approach.
Regarding your last point, I have also some times wondered about the relationship between the amount of wear and the required service interval. I presume the standard recommendations on the service interval, typically around 5 years, are based on wearing the watch all the time. But when you have many pieces and wear a specific watch only part of the time, this should naturally lengthen the time before a service is required for that watch (all other things being equal) - at least if you don't use a winder (which will cause continuous wear and tear, although maybe not quite as much as actually wearing the watch - less shocks etc.). The question would then be, is there a reliable relationship between the amount of wear and the service interval? For sure it does not scale linearly - e.g. if wearing a watch seven days a week equates to a recommended servicing in 5 years time, wearing it only one day per week would hardly extend the service period seven-fold to 35 years. So any relationship would be sublinear, and there is likely to be some kind of limit as well - that is, a service is probably required at some point, even if a watch is not worn at all (due to the oils drying out etc.) ;-)
No, not bad at all!
I don't exactly wait for it to stop. When it starts exhibiting wild swings in accuracy is when I usually bring a watch in. But as what Nico said, as long as it keeps good time, i'll hold off on service. Key here also is if it does stop..
I was initially a bit surprised about the length of the period with no service, but in general sounds like a reasonable approach.
I have some serious rotation, so I don't wear my watches all the time. There might be an influence on the servie period. For example, my Patek 5110P has never been serviced.
That's impressive. For sure the little wear has contributed to it going so long without a need for servicing.
And yes, for the 'lower level' Seikos it is actually cheaper to just buy a new watch than to have it serviced.
Wow!
