Thats pretty quick TBH - most of these places are inundated 
Very nice indeed.
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Guessing that’s watchmaking code for you’re getting a massive bill
It’s code for smelling salts 
Are you happy with what they have done?
iirc you didn’t want crystal replacement and the lugs polished off!
I didn’t want it polished and they made sure that on the receipt of the watch it was highlighted only to be cleaned and not polished.
The service card has some NFC contactless bullshit and highlights what they’ve done.
New handset,
Crown,
Mainspring.
Total overhaul (service).
The crystal was never mentioned either at the time or after they’d assesed it.
Have to admit a very stress free and relatively pleasant experience, payment notwithstanding.
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Never mind all that,how was the coffee and biscuits?
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Ha! An espresso and a biscoffe. Standard corporate fare.
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The hands are noticably shinier mind, suppose you don’t really notice the dulling of the old ones.
It feels a touch gouche banging on about a green leather pouch and shiny watch hands while the world actually burns, but it’s nice to have it back.
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This ain’t a Rolex-specific point because it happens to a lot of brands, but how in the hell does a watch that’s supposedly watertight to 500 fathoms get corrosion on the hands and dial? I see it a lot, and not always with older/neglected/abused watches.
Is the sealing mechanism a positive feedback loop where the additional pressure further enhances the seal?
The quid pro quo being that at atmospheric pressure there is a somewhat freer exchange of air/water vapour?
Dunno, just spitballing.
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Makes sense, but only on a design called a ‘supercompressor’ - popular in the 1950s and '60s, but very few made since (Christopher Ward being one, curiously).
Guess the truth is probably it’s easier to be watertight than gastight?
Now I normally loathe cross-branded stuff, but the more I look at these the more I like them, they’re not just badge engineered but have some cool features.
And the movements are lovely.
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Made by Lehmann if you want to side-step the x-brand BS.
I know, Leica don’t hide who makes them, but Lehman don’t make anything comparable. The Leicas actually have some v. cool features.
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Not sure really, maybe because of the manufacture of the hands and the fact they are so thin? Or the lume was crumbling?.
Or more likely it is just my overactive imagination.
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My recently acquired Seiko Lord Matic Special 5216-8020 from 1975
Bought it from the Philippines on a very niche Seiko WhatsApp group I’ve somehow become part of… It then got smashed in transit… all parts obsolete… so a French Seiko friend put me onto a French Seiko wizard who has a large stock of old Seiko parts… and it finally arrived in the UK in good shape
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Great recovery!
The world is certainly a different place since the internet!
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