CastorKrieg
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Patek service - 10/10, would Patek again :-)
Aug 18, 2020,08:10 AM
Well, that was fast...
As you know last week I noticed my 5167A stopped running. Upon closer inspection the balance wheel was locked in place which meant the watch could not be wound.
So today I went to the Paris Salon to get it fixed. I fully expected to have to deposit the watch for some time while they check what was wrong but a skilled watchmaker on staff immediately spotted the problem - one of the screws holding the case became loose. He explained this was most likely done on the manufacturing stage - either the screw was too tight or too loose. Basically ‘hey, your watch is made by real people. Sometimes a watchmaker will screw up’.
No issues here, if I wanted a manufactured good I would have gotten Apple Watch.
All in all a rather lovely 45 minutes with a free coffee while I had the ‘guilty pleasure’ of listening to at least 3 people coming in asking for an Aquanaut or a Nautilus.