Servicing a Patek.

[jcmiro]

Good morning guys. I need a little help with my perpetual calender. It needs service next year and I live in a country or region with no patek dealer. My father travels 14hrs specifically twice a year every 5 to drop off his watches and pick them up. That seems like a waste. What are my best options. I live in Latin America.
Cheers

[Passionata]

if your father travels then he may can bring it yours too .

[samuelhuntington]

Why not ship with full insurance?

[FlatlineEF9]

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Good morning guys. I need a little help with my perpetual calender. It needs service next year and I live in a country or region with no patek dealer. My father travels 14hrs specifically twice a year every 5 to drop off his watches and pick them up. That seems like a waste. What are my best options. I live in Latin America.
Cheers

California is hardly Latin America....yet. lol

[jcmiro]

I go to California a lot, but live in Peru.

[jcmiro]

Originally Posted by samuelhuntington

Why not ship with full insurance?

Any person in a shipping agency in my country that sees 100,000$ value box is going to steal it. People die here for less than 5k.

[samuelhuntington]

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Any person in a shipping agency in my country that sees 100,000$ value box is going to steal it. People die here for less than 5k.

Yes I see. Very good point. Sounds like your in for a trip of some sorts. Good luck my friend

[samuelhuntington]

Also if you go to Cali a lot you could always ship from the states... Just a thought

[jcmiro]

How do I ship from the states is the next question

[autohorology]

Do you have the ability to use private insurance? Something you could look into. You may also consider a service like Global Brinks.

[HauteHorlogerie]

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Any person in a shipping agency in my country that sees 100,000$ value box is going to steal it. People die here for less than 5k.

Woah, that's nuts. Send it with your father. Or take a nice trip yourself! Maybe pick up some goodies.

[jcmiro]

Lol two round trip tickets to Geneva 17,000 one to drop it off one to pick it up several weeks later plus hotels for a week plus minus 5,000 plus service costs. Which brings me to the original question.

[samuelhuntington]

I'm no expert with this kind of high end shipping but just thinking out loud. You go to Cali a lot you say. Get a post office box in ca where you go (for work I assume) ship from states and arrange with patek to ship back to you when you know you'll be in ca. Just a thought...

[PatekSF]

If it's that precious to you, consider the alternative if it were robbed in transit.

Take the time/spend the money to hand-deliver it to HSWA in NYC.

This is the price we pay for having really nice things.

[jon_jon]

Originally Posted by PatekSF

If it's that precious to you, consider the alternative if it were robbed in transit.

Take the time/spend the money to hand-deliver it to HSWA in NYC.

This is the price we pay for having really nice things.

I agree with PatekSF here. Schedule a nice trip to NYC and enjoy the sightseeing, shopping, dining, etc.

[HL65]

Originally Posted by PatekSF

If it's that precious to you, consider the alternative if it were robbed in transit.

Take the time/spend the money to hand-deliver it to HSWA in NYC.

This is the price we pay for having really nice things.

Agree as well.

[GOB]

Miro from Peru, as in Miro Quesada?

In any case, fly to USA and just ship it (insured by USPS, unless you have a private insurance carrier..) to a US dealer.

[jcmiro]

Thanks for your help guys. I successfully dropped it off at nyc pp. Thanks for the savings.

[GB-man]

Well done

[JorgeCCW]

That was the best choice, my friend. I know what you mean. It's gonna be 17 years in this county next January from me. But I still remember how is in Latin America. Actually I am going for christmas and no Patek is going with me down there. My green one will be my companion.

[lapince]

Originally Posted by JorgeCCW

That was the best choice, my friend. I know what you mean. It's gonna be 17 years in this county next January from me. But I still remember how is in Latin America. Actually I am going for christmas and no Patek is going with me down there. My green one will be my companion.

Well I know that I wouldn't go to any South American country with my 5712, but I think even less with my Hulk, as it does kinda draw attention, even if in many countries they see a watch, kill hit you on the head with something and after see what watch they got