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Lemme tell you something. If that happened to me, I'd find the miscreant in the mall parking lot, probably the nearest exit to Sbarro, and proceed to key his Rav4 right in front of his face. I mean, we're talking about a scratch on a link on a watch bracelet here. Shoot, Rolex bracelet I meant. That's even worse!
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I got a BLNR few days back from an AD. The watchmaker had apparently left early for the day. The sales associate removed the stickers and resized the bracelet. When I got home, I noticed quite a few hairline scratches on the bracelet and some deep scratches on the side where the screw heads are located. 3 screw heads were badly mangled. It pissed me no end but I thought it was no use calling the manager or SA as they would at most offer polish. It took the SA few years to allocate me the BLNR so if I complained, I would be thought of as ungrateful. That’s my assumption based on today’s environment. I also wanted the jubilee bracelet instead of the oyster which was on the BLNR. I reached out a grey dealer and got it traded for an unworn jubilee BLNR. I have learned a valuable lesson and will never let a SA resize the bracelet again. Either wait for the in-house watchmaker or if there isn’t one, insist on doing the resizing yourself at home or through a professional watchmaker.
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What is the proper size screwdriver required to size the jubilee bracelet on a DJ36 126234? From my searching it seems I need a 1.3mm driver?
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#95 |
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Name and shame.
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So what's the best way to deal with this then? Obviously a bad polish can ruin the watch even more. Making a scene might reduce our chances on the sought after pieces...So whats left?
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Did you buy your watch from this AD? Shocking treatment.
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#101 |
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Definitely don't drop this matter - longer it goes on, longer they are gonna wash their hands of it or deny. Call back for an update. Honestly they have butchered your watch beyond belief.
As others have said, get the right tools and change the link yourself next time. It's easy to do and you can take your time which clearly they did not. |
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#104 |
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Looks like the AD owes OP a new clasp and screw.
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#105 |
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I'm firmly in the scratch them up and enjoy them camp but that only applies to me doing the scratching while wearing. That would irritate me. How do watch professionals even let things like that happen? I'd never let that AD touch one one my watches again.
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Extremely relevant, Here's the remark I made an analogy about using my scratch free 9 year old car:
"once the lady buffed the one scratch out on the clasp she made a snarky comment and said it’s like a new car eventually you’ll get a scratch on it." Having fun on TRF sometimes creates a subject where someone sadly has to make a cutting remark. I just recently heard about flex, you sir are completely wrong........
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"once the lady buffed the one scratch out on the clasp she made a snarky comment and said it’s like a new car eventually you’ll get a scratch on it."
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I totally get what you're saying about your wife's Mazda. What the flex police and people who place weird values on things on TRF do not realize that some people, myself included really like things for the mechanical value or material quality and the dollars do not make one worth more than another IMO. I know I'm not saying this well but I like my 45 year old Porsche Design watch just as much (maybe more) as my YG Daytona. Thank you again sir!!!!
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#113 |
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I can post pictures of my rusty, scratched, and dented Toyota 4Runner.
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#114 |
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nice
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Yes, I believe it is the 1.3mm driver.
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You created a thread to boast about which Rolex to take with you to a Porsche-themed vacation (and showed watch rolls with some of your nice watches). Then, you dropped a photo of a Porsche (presumably yours) into another UNRELATED thread. And then you mention your YG Daytona in a follow up post. So, someone mentions flexing and YOU claim to be the unwitting victim of the flex police??? Dude, pul-eeeze. It’s 100% OK to brag about this stuff. We are on a Rolex forum so showing off comes with the territory. Don’t cry foul. |
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#119 |
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that hurts
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#120 |
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Yowch… hopefully you can get it resolved quickly. Good luck.
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