Tile floor claims another one

[BlueAZ]

Wife dropped her 10-year anniversary present, an Oyster Datejust, on the travertine floor Saturday night. Sapphire shards are loose in there, looks like it jammed the minute hand. I pulled the crown out as soon as I noticed the crack, unfortunately it was a good 15 or 20 minutes after she had dropped it. Taking it in to my local authorized dealer tomorrow. Poor girl was devastated...she said, "This is why I can't have nice things." I'll get it fixed up good as new for her.

[txaggie9307]

Originally Posted by BlueAZ

Wife dropped her 10-year anniversary present, an Oyster Datejust, on the travertine floor Saturday night. Sapphire shards are loose in there, looks like it jammed the minute hand. I pulled the crown out as soon as I noticed the crack, unfortunately it was a good 15 or 20 minutes after she had dropped it. Taking it in to my local authorized dealer tomorrow. Poor girl was devastated...she said, "This is why I can't have nice things." I'll get it fixed up good as new for her.

Send it to abc watchwerks in LA. They are awesome, quick, and will make it look brand new.


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[Hulley]

Ugh, I would be sick. Nice thing about Rolex is they can be fixed.

Good luck!

[Chiboy]

Damn, that's too bad. But completely fixable.

[Yogi20]

Shame but not the end of the world, stunning looking watch

[wach16]

Ouch!

[RichM]

Tell her not to beat herself up over it. It happens. It will get fixed as good as new.

One thing I learned the hard way, never, never take them off in the bathroom.

Be sure to let us see the after shots.

[bunkermold]

stunning look watch. Sorry to see it breaks.

[Chadridv]

sorry to hear! Make sure she knows It will look as good as new, and it's only a watch. Good luck!

[BlueAZ]

Thanks for the kind words. When we took it in for sizing at our local AD, Robert Wesley Jewelers, the very kind gentleman told her to enjoy it and wear it and not worry about it because the sapphire crystal is nearly indestructible. He said to just watch out for tile floors because a drop on tile will shatter the crystal!

[sager]

Ouch!

I'm sure it will return to you good as new.

Keep us posted.

[dysondiver]

looks like the case escaped damage , at the end of the day its only a watch , if she had tripped or fallen it would have been much worse ,,, things happen , its an easy fix.

[G'ed]

Easy and cheap fix. Rolex won’t hang up the glove so easily.

[sutats]

Nothing to worry about, it's only a watch which can be easily fixed. Cheer your wife up and make sure she doesn't lose sight of herself.

[timmytimng]

Ouch!

[watchwatcher]

Sorry to hear...I'm sure it will be just fine.

[fskywalker]

Sorry, will be as good as new soon!

[faz]

Sorry to see. Things happen. Part of life.

Tell her this is why she deserves to have two, so while one is in service/repair, she can wear the second one.

[machob55]

Ouch, did the smart thing by taking out the crown. Totally fixable. Good luck!

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[Dirt]

Things do happen.
That's life.

She can't say she wasn't warned though.
It's incumbent upon us all to learn from our mistakes and evaluate the lessons learnt.
I have always told my wife not to take her watch off over tile floors or other hard surfaces where ever possible. Preferably over the bed or lounge and then relocate as required.

As my Granddad used to say.
There's no experience like the experience you pay for.

[Joemck]

Originally Posted by faz

Sorry to see. Things happen. Part of life.

Tell her this is why she deserves to have two, so while one is in service/repair, she can wear the second one.

If the op can swing it, it would be a stellar move!
Otherwise, a short wait. No harm done.

[BlueAZ]

I want to get her a white Milgauss....with 2 bands....one sized for her and one for me.

[WatchinMD]

It will be fine with a full service

[Hairdude1]

Ouch!

[cop414]

That'll come back like new, tell her not to sweat it, lesson learned.
The school of hard knocks has some tough lessons!
Now you have a good before pic!

[Headshrinker]

I might have shed a few tears myself. Repair looks great!

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Headshrinker

I might have shed a few tears myself. Repair looks great!

Huh? He hasn't even taken it in for repair yet.

[brandrea]

That's too bad. As others have said they'll repair good as new

[jrs146]

The good thing is it can be fixed up as good as new!


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[JohnAcosta]

Originally Posted by txaggie9307

Send it to abc watchwerks in LA. They are awesome, quick, and will make it look brand new.


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Another vote for ABC from me. I dropped my Speedmaster Pro dial first directly onto concrete and cracked the crystal. ABC had it fixed up and back in my possession looking new again within a couple weeks. They even aligned the Omega logo in the crystal to the correct orientation to (which, surprisingly, Omega didnt seem to bother with when the watch was built). This included checking out the movement and hand adjustment as the chrono hand was snagging on the minute hand after the drop.

Excellent communication the entire time and fair pricing on top of it. ABC will always have my business.