Preferred AD-based watchmaker, Chicago area?

[Poodlopogus]

Need to have a warranty repair done on a 32xx and, based on my other thread (confirming my instinct of going local), any experiences with the watchmakers in the Chicago area authorized to do warranty work?

Looks like there are about 5-6 of them within ~100mi but not sure if some are better than others?

Don't have a relationship with any as far as purchasing watches, and that would be secondary anyhow as this is warranty work and all I care about is the skill of the watchmaker.

[zfrank]

The Nigerian guy at CD Peacock in Oak Brook is highly skilled. Best of the best.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Poodlopogus

Need to have a warranty repair done on a 32xx and, based on my other thread (confirming my instinct of going local), any experiences with the watchmakers in the Chicago area authorized to do warranty work?

Looks like there are about 5-6 of them within ~100mi but not sure if some are better than others?

Don't have a relationship with any as far as purchasing watches, and that would be secondary anyhow as this is warranty work and all I care about is the skill of the watchmaker.

Is this the same warranty work because your watch is running 4 seconds slow ?.

[padi56]

Dont worry over a few seconds in 24 hours, the escapement of a mechanical watch pushes the gears 432,000 times a day, so even a watch that runs -4 seconds is very high precision, given the fact that the movement is constantly affected by the earth's gravity, metal expansion and contraction, mainspring power reserve,temperature variations, subtle changes in lubrication and friction, shocks, and so on.The fact is that no mechanical watch made will keep perfect time, very close yes but perfect no.And if any mechanical watch performs consistently inside the COSC spec of -4+6 seconds a day don't think anyone could ask anymore from any purely mechanical watch

And any modern day wristwatch chronometers are, by the almost 300 year old 18th century navigational standards imposed on John Harrison,H4 watch,quite laughably inaccurate even by todays standards.How about just 5 seconds slow after 63 days at sea,in one of the toughest environments known to man, not bad for a almost 300 year old watch.Now in those days no modern machinery no computer designs no robots,just his bare hands and crude tools.So next time when you look at your watch and only a few seconds out it wont feel so bad.Your watch is fine just wear it and enjoy it whats in a few seconds a day.

[brandrea]

You’d want to use RSC no?