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Re: Rolex Service

In Response To: Re: Rolex Service ()

: Have you had your Rolex serviced
: by the NYC service center? They will not
: send it back to you unless it is accurate.
: They say you should have it serviced to replace
: the seals. Mainly for diving. My seals never
: leaked even after 20 years. But the oil has
: never been an issue. Modern oils do not have
: those problems, but you hear it all the
: time. It is marketing to get you to spend
: the money for a regular service. There is a
: lot of info on the web about that
: "oil" myth.

If this is true for Rolex movements, then it would hold true for Omega and their ETA and Piguet and Lemania based movements. These movements use modern lubricants as well.

: What I
: don't like is people who do not make the
: commitment to buying a Rolex, saying that an
: ETA movement is just as good.

I won't say that an ETA movement is of the same quality as a Rolex movement, but I will say that it is capable of keeping time just as well or better because all mechanical watches are different.

: Omega owners, and I am one, need to just love
: their Omegas and stop comparing them to
: Rolexes. That in itself implies that the
: Rolex is the "gold standard" for
: luxury watches. Case closed.

I think this is going to be a Cold Case File. Rolex is not the "gold standard" by any stretch of the imagination. If someone offered me a Patek Philippe or an Audemars Piguet watch, why would I possibly choose an assembly line Rolex over these hand crafted works of art?