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Alcan · 26 October 2009, 09:03 PM

A while ago I sent Nancy's ~1960 Rolex cocktail watch to the Toronto RSC for an overhaul. First, kudos to them, they still had all the parts necessary to rebuild this almost 50 year old cal 1400 movement.

A couple of items on their estimate I found interesting. The first was that they wanted to send the case/bracelet to a third pary goldsmith they deal with for repair of the over-flexed bracelet. We agreed and their goldsmith did a wonderful job.

The second estimate item really took me by surprise, though. The RSC wanted to send the dial to another third party vendor to have it refinished. Here I thought that Rolex took a dim view of anything but orginal unmolested Rolex parts, and they themselves send stuff out. Go figure.

26 October 2009, 09:03 PM	#1
Alcan 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Al Location: Way Up North Watch: your P's & Q's Posts: 10,473	Did you know that RSC's outsource work? A while ago I sent Nancy's ~1960 Rolex cocktail watch to the Toronto RSC for an overhaul. First, kudos to them, they still had all the parts necessary to rebuild this almost 50 year old cal 1400 movement. A couple of items on their estimate I found interesting. The first was that they wanted to send the case/bracelet to a third pary goldsmith they deal with for repair of the over-flexed bracelet. We agreed and their goldsmith did a wonderful job. The second estimate item really took me by surprise, though. The RSC wanted to send the dial to another third party vendor to have it refinished. Here I thought that Rolex took a dim view of anything but orginal unmolested Rolex parts, and they themselves send stuff out. Go figure. Attached Images __________________ Member #1,315 I don't want to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol IS a solution!

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