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dannyp · 21 July 2021, 11:45 AM

Took my wife's old Santos quartz to Cartier for a battery replacement. Low and behold, watchmaker "recommends" a complete servicing (shocking, I know...). Explanation was that gaskets (rear and crown tube) seemed worn, dial was spotted, movement could use lubrication and glue around the crystal seemed to be eroding.

On a modern quartz piece with fairly low water resistance anyways, how much do each of these things matter as long as the watch runs when a battery is put in it, and what should it cost to fix if we decide to?

21 July 2021, 11:45 AM	#1
dannyp Banned Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: usa Posts: 6,765	Cartier quartz service: What should it cost? Took my wife's old Santos quartz to Cartier for a battery replacement. Low and behold, watchmaker "recommends" a complete servicing (shocking, I know...). Explanation was that gaskets (rear and crown tube) seemed worn, dial was spotted, movement could use lubrication and glue around the crystal seemed to be eroding. On a modern quartz piece with fairly low water resistance anyways, how much do each of these things matter as long as the watch runs when a battery is put in it, and what should it cost to fix if we decide to?

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