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My friend Alec sent his aged Calatrava to Patek Geneva for an overhaul and polish
Months later we were touring Switzerland and when we got to our appointment at Patek they said his watch was ready. They brought it out to the lobby as we were about to leave after our tour. He had a mild tremor problem and while fumbling to fasten the strap, dropped it on the terazzo floor in the lobby. That shattered the crystal! He sadly picked it up and handed it back to the Patek agent who groaned and went back behind the wall. He told me later they "rolled the repair cost into the 3000 CHF restoration". They only charged him for a new strap.
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PS - Alec is 2nd from the right, front row, crying during the photo...
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bounced my 5296 calatrava dial down on my countertop - any experience with cost to repair
Was setting the time and i dropped my calatrava, dial-down on the countertop about 2 feet. There's no apparent damage but it stopped running (from most positions) Will send to henri stern watch agency in america as it's 5 years from new and i can combine ...
yikes… best of luck +++
As a rule, I never do anything with my watches (set time, wind, etc) unless I’m sitting down and have the watch over a soft surface (ie it can fall into my lap, etc). Dropped a Breitling one time onto the kitchen floor from about 5 feet up - wasn’t pretty...
i'm usually pretty disciplined about it but was overly exuberant about trying a new strap.
i edited to add there's no apparent damage, so we'll see how it goes
That is coincedence
I had ones a damaged Tissot by a kitchen floor fall. My first automatic watch. Not so long ago in 2018. On a Monday morning… it falls of my wrist by i was not woke up nicely. In a rush making coffee, and it happen. I wrote a typical Richard Nixon note, an...
The Sad News Is:
You will probably be without your watch for well over a year. The Henri Stern Agency is BUSY! Fortunately, they will not have to send it to Switzerland. All the best!
That hurts
I set my watches when sit, but i do strap on watches sometimes when i stand. I know a fallen watch, but it was an affordable Tissot. My fault, and the Swatch service center repair my watch for free. The service center replaced the hands. They where bended...
Impossible to tell...
To answer your question, one would definitely need to see the watch and be knowledgeable. The good news is this; your post indicated that there was unlikely any dial nor hand damage. So at least you're not looking at new dials nor hands. Hopefully the bil...
I see.
Well, at least the sapphire crystal isn't broken and there's no case damage. Hopefully there's nothing loose in the movement.
Filed an insurance claim and full repair at HSWA up to the value of the watch will be covered with no deductible
I'm pretty impressed that they understood it needs to be repaired at HSWA and not by watch battery changer person at mall bodega (which i was worried about!) Upon examination I had dinged the bezel a lot worse than i thought, so it's not going to be cheap...
Wow! What type of insurance policy?
Nice to have it covered!! The only policy I know of for watches are the type that insures for replacement value if stolen. Didn’t know there is a policy that covers accidental repairs as well.
state farm personal articles said accidental damage was covered
The drop was considered accidental damage i was worried because i've put off switching to a higher end carrier like chubb for home etc, but they understand that as a methaphor (but using their own words) "we understand a rolex has to be serviced by a role...
My friend Alec sent his aged Calatrava to Patek Geneva for an overhaul and polish
Months later we were touring Switzerland and when we got to our appointment at Patek they said his watch was ready. They brought it out to the lobby as we were about to leave after our tour. He had a mild tremor problem and while fumbling to fasten the st...
