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Originally Posted by maratka
I thought about this because a friend who owns a service center said that almost all the watches that came to him for authenticity assessment or inspection when purchased by third parties turned out to be dry (and completely new!). He also said that after lubrication, the problems disappeared (it's unknown for how long, as he only knows the fate of a few watches whose owners constantly come to him). In any case, for some users, everything was fine after lubrication. I only considered an inspection to avoid wear on the mechanism in the future. Isn't lubrication a panacea?
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Others have mentioned lack of / migrated lubrication as a potential issue, but I'm not sure if a permanent fix is simply to re-lube in that case.