Quick servicing question

[Pesto628]

Quick question: is it recommended to adhere to the manufacturers servicing timeline or do you typically wait to send in your watch when there is an actual issue?

[RJRJRJ]

You will get split answers on this. I personally will wait until it starts acting up.

[csaltphoto]

My understanding of it is this. Aside from random mechanical issues (broken mainspring, etc) You have two sets of things to keep in mind with your watch. The lubrication and the gaskets. How long the lubrication lasts depends on a variety of things but 10 years is kind of an average. YMMV. The watch will usually let you know by the timekeeping getting out of wack.

The other thing is the gaskets. They are designed to last a long time but should probably be replaced every 10 years if you are regularly submerging your watch and in addition if you are diving with it a yearly pressure test is cheap insurance.

[Tools]

Some folks believe in preventive maintenance, and that would include a Clean Oil and Adjust service at regular intervals.

Others wait until something breaks since a watch is not really a critical machine and any broken parts can easily be replaced.

Either approach is valid, and neither is frowned upon.

[Verdi]

While your watch might keep good time.......it might not be waterproof anymore if you did not care to service it in 20 years.
I have seen plenty vintage pieces that owners never serviced and had rust inside.

Rolex gives a 10 yrs service interval.....I stick to that time frame more or less.
Spending 1k on service every 10 yrs is good enough for me. This way I can enjoy the watch in any circumstances.

[Boaters]

I feel the same "Don't Fix It If It Is Not Broke"

[EEpro]

The full service for $750 - $1,000 includes any required movement component replacement plus gaskets... let it ride until it won't keep time or the jumping hour breaks on a GMT. It might not make it 10 years but if it does then maintenance was only $100 per year.

Getting it pressure tested if you dive is more important and should be done annually.

[BNA/LION]

Personal Preference...

[Seibei]

Wait. Why spend all that money when your watch might run just fine for another 10 years +?

[Dr. Robert]

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

[importstunna]

No need for service if it's running fine consistently. Local RSC has told me this many times when I would bring in a 10+ year old piece asking them if it needed service.

[gunhose]

No need to service a perfectly good running watch if you swim with it do what I do every spring get it pressure checked. O course Rolex and watchmakers will tell you differently but their trying to make money.

[1William]

I wait until it is not functioning properly.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Verdi

While your watch might keep good time.......it might not be waterproof anymore if you did not care to service it in 20 years.
I have seen plenty vintage pieces that owners never serviced and had rust inside.

Rolex gives a 10 yrs service interval.....I stick to that time frame more or less.
Spending 1k on service every 10 yrs is good enough for me. This way I can enjoy the watch in any circumstances.

Not a 100% true Rolex themselves do not set any specific service period and they have never suggested a ten year period. This internet story came from a complete misreading of a Rolex statement.This is what it actually said that today the average Rolex owner have chosen around a ten year service interval before sending watches to be serviced.So depending on use common sense should prevail, especially with watches used in water and running 24/7 on the wrist or one of those machine things.

[smym18]

Originally Posted by padi56

Not a 100% true Rolex themselves do not set any specific service period and they have never suggested a ten year period. This internet story came from a complete misreading of a Rolex statement.This is what it actually said that today the average Rolex owner have chosen around a ten year service interval before sending watches to be serviced.So depending on use common sense should prevail, especially with watches used in water and running 24/7 on the wrist or one of those machine things.

Directly from Rolex, recommending 10 years. How can that be misread?