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Dear Oliver,

Apart from Patek stating on their site:

The price of the service varies depending on the complexity of the timepiece.  

both of us can indeed just make assumptions on how the prices are calculated in detail.

I did not intend to complain about the absolut numbers. I intended to vent my puzzlement about the pricing as I coincidentally just had picked up my wife’s Twenty4 from service. Besides: my puzzlement originated in the fact that the service would comprise a testing of power reserve according to the cost estimate. ;-) My trusted AD explained that with the use of text modules.

Regarding trusted ADs I can confirm your experience: getting battery changes done on my wife’s watches as my contribution to family life I cannot remember to have ever been asked to pay for it by my AD – though I do ask what I should pay of course!

 

Have a nice weekend,

Christian

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A Valentine's Day gift for my beloved wife.

 
By: Luis6 : February 13th, 2014-00:29
Patek Philippe Twenty 4 (ref. 4910/10a-001) Sorry guys, I know it's a quartz one. But the combination of "bling", convenience and brand name definitely has its magic. My wife loves it!...  

Good man Luis!

 
By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : February 13th, 2014-00:39
You are a very loving husband indeed! Your wife is very blessed to have such a sweet husband like you. The Patek 24 may be quartz but hey so what? It has all the elements that ladies love. Convenience, bling and elegance. Congrats to her! And to you once ...  

I am in trouble...

 
By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : February 14th, 2014-21:33
My wife saw me browsing this post again on my smartphone. She said this PP 24 is beautiful... and hinted she wants a present from me. Luis!!! Thanks har... :p Joking. I am glad she saw your post and like it. She is starting to open up to our hobby and sha... 

(patek) a valentine gift for beloved wife

 
By: geross : February 13th, 2014-01:49
nothing to be sorry about , its a beauty. congrats. happy valentine to both of you. cheers geross

"My wife loves it!"

 
By: small-luxury-world : February 13th, 2014-02:47
That´s all that counts. Congrats to your wife, for the watch and the generous husband! All the best, Oliver

PP E15 may be just a quartz-movement with 57 parts ...

 
By: HerrK : February 13th, 2014-03:35
... but it comes at the service costs of a full grown mechanical movement. ;-) I just had the invoice for the first service of my wife’s Twenty4 on my desk – wow! Though I have to admit, that the watch is simply beautiful - well designed und crafted. An e... 

I am wondering ...

 
By: small-luxury-world : February 14th, 2014-02:30
about your statement. If you look at the official Patek site you (everybody) can see what they charge (in sfr) for which kind of service. Quartz is much cheaper, but the service costs for case & bracelet are the same - no matter which movement you hav... 

Well, Oliver ...

 
By: HerrK : February 14th, 2014-08:41
... t here can be no doubt that Patek provides transparancy regarding the hight of their service costs. And yes, comparing absolute numbers for the service charge of quarz v mechanical movements my statement is obviously wrong. But it was not the absolute... 

Well Christian ...

 
By: small-luxury-world : February 14th, 2014-09:49
your assumptions may be correct - or not, both of us (I guess) don´t work in that business and therefore we don´t know the detailed processes needed and their related costs. In my daily business as a consultant it happens quite often that we look at proce... 

Absolutely

 
By: HerrK : February 14th, 2014-10:48
Dear Oliver, Apart from Patek stating on their site: The price of the service varies depending on the complexity of the timepiece. both of us can indeed just make assumptions on how the prices are calculated in detail. I did not intend to complain about t... 

The PP 24

 
By: descartes1 : February 14th, 2014-11:25
Was a 40th birthday present to my wife and she is still loving it…. ...  

I wish…...

 
By: Conkers : February 14th, 2014-19:46
……there was a mechanical version of this as I think it is a classic design. My other half had to make do with a 7119 instead!

Thank you all for

 
By: Luis6 : February 16th, 2014-04:35
your kind words. The discussion about servicing is also informative.