If RSC couldn't fix it.

[pilapandet]

A friend at my work place told me that his dad bought a 1962 Sub back in 1968 in Germany while station there. About fifteen years ago, tt was not working and he sent to RSC and they could not fix it. The watch still not working since. If RSC couldn't fix it. Who can?

[scottschoe]

Did they say why they couldn't/wouldn't touch the watch? If it's just because of age, there are a lot of competent independent shops I'd bring it to.

[Tools]

I think it more likely that your friend did not want to pay the price to fix it..

15 years ago, parts would have been plentiful for most Subs. Or they would also have just replaced the movement if it was trashed.

Today, it might be a little more difficult.....but we would need to know a lot more about the watch to make a decent judgement. There are some mighty fine vintage specialists out there..

[pilapandet]

I was told by my friend that RSC refused to fix it because they did not have the part or some thing like that. I want to buy from his father any way if he sell it. He will bring it to show to me when he visit his dad. Then I will try to give my local service guy take a look at it.

[Cyberpipm2000]

RCS can fix any of their watches no matter what the age... the parts they replace may not be the vintage ones, might be more updated but they can fix anything.

Do you guys know if rolex will service a watch with aftermarket parts on it? bezel dial ect.

[Alcan]

Originally Posted by Cyberpipm2000

RCS can fix any of their watches no matter what the age...

Not necessarily so. In Canada the criteria is whether original parts are still available and whether the watch has an irreplaceable "exotic" dial.

Originally Posted by Cyberpipm2000

Do you guys know if rolex will service a watch with aftermarket parts on it? bezel dial ect.

No, they will not.

[Trurolexer]

"If" the RSC cannot fix it, noone can't!!! Maybe most of sparepart is already broke or something?

[SPACE-DWELLER]

RUSA has a policy that makes USA RSC's refuse touching most old Rolex watches. But most European would still service old Rolex watches.

[rpryan55]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

RUSA has a policy that makes USA RSC's refuse touching most old Rolex watches. But most European would still service old Rolex watches.

Bo, do you know what that policy is? What it says? I'm just curious because it seems odd for a luxury watch manufacturer to refuse the service of older watches.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by rpryan55

Bo, do you know what that policy is? What it says? I'm just curious because it seems odd for a luxury watch manufacturer to refuse the service of older watches.

I agree! It does sound odd, indeed! But there you have it. Rolex turns its back on its own history. The models that made Rolex what it is today.

[Gedanken]

Hmm, 1962 would make it a 5512 or 5513, wouldn't it? That would mean that the movement in question would be either the 1520 or 1530. Now I'm not sure about this next part - would the 1530 have ceased production when the 1560 and 1570 (used in later 5512 and 5513s) were introduced in 1965?

If that was the case, and it is to be believed that Rolex does indeed produce parts for 30 years after production ceases, the last parts for that movement would have rolled off the line in 1995.

Given the number of 5512s and 5513s around, it's entirely feasible that Rolex would simply not have any spare parts left for the models in question. They might be able to fix a late-model 5512 (which ceased production in 1978) and definitely fix a late 5513 (which ceased production in 1990), but the early ones can get tricky.

All that said, with the 1530 being the base caliber for both the 1560 and 1570, you're likely to be able to replace the movement with a newer one. The question remains: would you want to spoil the provenance of the watch with a newer caliber, or would you rather take the trouble to source a working 1520 or 1530 (whichever was original to the watch) to keep it all original?