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Is it really that far fetched an idea that I might want to have my watch repaired locally or even fix it myself?
There is a growing trend in the Swiss watch industry to keep even the spare parts in house and not distribute through the parts distributors any more.. in fact it appears that pretty much the only Swiss watch company who still behaves like a civilized human being is Swatch Group. Rolex and Richmont brands do not sell parts to distributors any longer neither do Tag Heuer though they may be under the Richmont flag?
The problem is most AD's who have a repair man on staff won't sell you parts either because they want you to leave the watch with them for repairs. That leaves just the smaller AD's who are becoming quite rare at least in the US.
I say this from experience as the AD I have been getting my tag and breitling parts from is "mov-n on up" and got himself a repair man and he's making noises about not selling me parts anymore...
On a side note it was an email to MarcelloC that prompted this post... you read between the lines on that...
Last edited on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 05:32 pm by OldeCrow