Patek Philippe

HerrK
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Well, Oliver ...

... there 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 numbers that I was aiming at.

I was and am still wondering, why the service of a quarz movement made of 57 parts cost about 550 CHF while the service of let’s say a cal. 215 made of 130 parts costs only about 700 CHF. The difference in the number of parts is roughly 125%, while the service costs rise for a mere 25%. Assuming that at least half of the costs are related to disassembling and reassembling the movement - as this takes valuable watchmakers time - the difference in the number of parts should result into a much greater difference in service costs.

Does the pricing still make sense to you? To me it does not.

Cheers,

Christian