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7 June 2014, 01:12 AM
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Oyster Bracelet repair review, the Watchdealer
Hi guys.
As some of you know I had a Sea Dweller bracelet that I meant to send to Michael Young in Honk Kong. The bracelet was quite badly stretched. A fellow forum user suggested I'd try a company in the UK instead, to relieve me of customs hassle. So I did. I contacted Seth at thewatchdealer.co.uk, and got first class service from beginning to end. My beloved 16660 bracelet is now back in a wonderful condition!  Looks like new! The whole thing went very quick, I sent the bracelet out on may 12th, and had it back today! Much faster than I had thought. So, the before pics:     Now the after pics:     *Disclaimer, I have no affiliation with thewatchdealer.co.uk, just wanted to share his phenomenal bracelet services*
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7 June 2014, 01:16 AM
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Wow, looks like incredible work!
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7 June 2014, 01:29 AM
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Indeed, and you get rid of all possible customs issues since it's within the EU.
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7 June 2014, 01:33 AM
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Looks like he did a great job
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7 June 2014, 02:51 AM
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Looks like an excellent job!! How does payment work with this? It is a case of send them pics of your bracelet, they give you a quote and then if you agree you send them it or do you send them it, they do the work then bill you?
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7 June 2014, 03:04 AM
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He gave me an estimate, after I sent him pics. It was dirt cheap IMHO.
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7 June 2014, 03:51 AM
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Impressive Andreas
Nice job they did HAGWe buddy Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk |
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7 June 2014, 04:28 AM
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Thanks for your kind words Andreas and I am glad you are happy with our work my friend . We have been doing this type of restoration for a number of years now and we actually promote it more on our other repairs web site, but i do not want to break forum rules and use this for self promotion but we are glad to help!!
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7 June 2014, 04:41 AM
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Thanks mate, I'm super happy to have a nice tight bracelet on my beloved 16660. 
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7 June 2014, 04:44 AM
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Nice job. Enjoy it for a long time to come!
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7 June 2014, 04:47 AM
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Nice job, I just inquired for a president and they can refurbish those as well.
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7 June 2014, 05:01 AM
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7 June 2014, 05:51 AM
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Nice to hear about this address in Europe.
I was always reluctant to sent it to MY in HK because of the Customs. The fee is not the problem but with a bit of bad luck they hold it for months. |
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7 June 2014, 06:31 AM
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That's great news for. I need to send my bracelet aswell. Hong Kong was a problem for me.
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7 June 2014, 06:47 AM
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Looks great!
Thanks for sharing. |
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7 June 2014, 07:37 AM
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Yeah, the Hong Kong thing would have been possible, but man what a hassle with customs from Finland.
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7 June 2014, 08:51 PM
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Why can't anybody do this in canada or u.s..?
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7 June 2014, 09:18 PM
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Quote:
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