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Originally Posted by leopardprey
Now if you really want the Porches of watches, or small company hand built watches with in house movements, you need to look at Glashutte, Vacheron, Patek, IWC (some of their models), JLC, and GP.
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The only problem with this statement is that when I get a Rolex serviced it is done quickly and comes back looking and working perfectly. I have never had a Rolex fail to operate even after eight years of very hard use including commercial diving.
I had a Glashutte Original and it had a warranty issue; this was a nightmare. it sat at Swatch NY for two months until I complained to my dealer enough. Then they decided that it needed to go to the factory where it sat for another month. When I finally received it I found that the watch case back had been put on with the gasket / o-ring crimped and hanging out at one place. Good thing I did not dive it.
That repair only took another month; after which I sold it. Yeah, that is quality and reliability.
I also had a Girard Perregaux Seahawk II Pro, but was afraid to think of what it might cost to service. And if you want to talk about overpriced; the bracelet for it retailed for something like $5,000, and IMO was worth about $500.
I like and own ETA equipped watches from Omega, Baume & Mercier and I own a high end Seiko, and I think all of them are worth it as well as the 3 Rolex watches I have.
I won't buy any of the Haught Horology brands again they are the ones that are not worth it.