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I recently bought a M series Sea Dweller. Perfect condition with the usual hairline scratches. I love it more than the SubDate now.
Dropped it yesterday while getting ready for work. I shouted "Fuxk" really loud and my heart sank to a bottomless pit. It was in pristine condition when I bought it. Never will I display on the edge of the cabinet shelve anymore...lesson learnt!
Took me a few minutes to inspect every single angle without even realising my towel had dropped on the floor and I was stark naked while doing so. To my horror, the edges on the crystal had chipped!!! It wasnt visible but I could feel it, every milli-inch of the bruises.
I was swearing all the way to office. Whole morning at work, I was feeling upset and was nursing the rim of the bruised crystal and by lunch time, I decided to go to RSC to get it replaced. Also did consider getting it serviced since its about 3 years old.
Got to an empty and freezing RSC during lunch time. A cool girl attended to me...her name resembles a specific rolex's sports model...wont elaborate any further but she was nice and professional.
She spoke with empathy and quoted me $7xx for a complete servicing with polishing but replacement of crystal was extra. All up close to $1K with 2 years warranty and will take 5 weeks. And she offered to get the technician to inspect any further damages due to the drop. I was then given a glass of OJ and asked to wait 20 mins.
While waiting, I made a few calls. One offer of $200 for servicing plus polishing in a matter of 3 days with 6 months warranty, this was from a source provided by one of the bros in this forum.
Shortly, she came back and said my SD was running a minute faster, which was spot on. Some spring bar problem she said and it was fixed FOC. I realised that few days ago but didnt bother me much. Who cares as long as it was running within reasonable time. By then, I already did my maths and decided not to get it done at RSC.
She asked if I still want to service the SD or just replace the crystal. I told her the latter. She proceeded to get the paperwork done. While doing so, we had a good chat mostly about people making fun of her name, etc..and before I left, she said she will call me when the job is done, hopefully by today.
Some thoughts and a few questions seeking clarifications:
- the servicing work done by RSC and outside parties, do they differ much?
- will RSC be able to recognise servicing done by outside parties?
- assuming if I didnt get the crystal replaced and decided to walk way, I would have saved $75 on verifiying the watch?
- these days, all I care about are rolex watches, I think I am going mad, first thing I surf on the net is ROC, before I sleep also ROC, in between work also ROC, are you guys doing the same?
- the fact that I became so agitated and preoccupied about the chipped crystal indicated that I really am suffering from OCDR (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Rolex related). I could stand flaws on my CooperS but I cant stand a chipped crystal. Yet I am really enjoying all of this....am I alone?
Dropped it yesterday while getting ready for work. I shouted "Fuxk" really loud and my heart sank to a bottomless pit. It was in pristine condition when I bought it. Never will I display on the edge of the cabinet shelve anymore...lesson learnt!
Took me a few minutes to inspect every single angle without even realising my towel had dropped on the floor and I was stark naked while doing so. To my horror, the edges on the crystal had chipped!!! It wasnt visible but I could feel it, every milli-inch of the bruises.
I was swearing all the way to office. Whole morning at work, I was feeling upset and was nursing the rim of the bruised crystal and by lunch time, I decided to go to RSC to get it replaced. Also did consider getting it serviced since its about 3 years old.
Got to an empty and freezing RSC during lunch time. A cool girl attended to me...her name resembles a specific rolex's sports model...wont elaborate any further but she was nice and professional.
She spoke with empathy and quoted me $7xx for a complete servicing with polishing but replacement of crystal was extra. All up close to $1K with 2 years warranty and will take 5 weeks. And she offered to get the technician to inspect any further damages due to the drop. I was then given a glass of OJ and asked to wait 20 mins.
While waiting, I made a few calls. One offer of $200 for servicing plus polishing in a matter of 3 days with 6 months warranty, this was from a source provided by one of the bros in this forum.
Shortly, she came back and said my SD was running a minute faster, which was spot on. Some spring bar problem she said and it was fixed FOC. I realised that few days ago but didnt bother me much. Who cares as long as it was running within reasonable time. By then, I already did my maths and decided not to get it done at RSC.
She asked if I still want to service the SD or just replace the crystal. I told her the latter. She proceeded to get the paperwork done. While doing so, we had a good chat mostly about people making fun of her name, etc..and before I left, she said she will call me when the job is done, hopefully by today.
Some thoughts and a few questions seeking clarifications:
- the servicing work done by RSC and outside parties, do they differ much?
- will RSC be able to recognise servicing done by outside parties?
- assuming if I didnt get the crystal replaced and decided to walk way, I would have saved $75 on verifiying the watch?
- these days, all I care about are rolex watches, I think I am going mad, first thing I surf on the net is ROC, before I sleep also ROC, in between work also ROC, are you guys doing the same?
- the fact that I became so agitated and preoccupied about the chipped crystal indicated that I really am suffering from OCDR (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Rolex related). I could stand flaws on my CooperS but I cant stand a chipped crystal. Yet I am really enjoying all of this....am I alone?
. And may I congratulate you for the purchase of this beautiful watch.
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