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10 May 2013, 07:30 PM | #1 |
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How to service a Rolex at home
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10 May 2013, 07:54 PM | #2 |
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As long as you have the tools and knowledge, I guess you could service a Rolex anywhere. My concern would be a dust-free environment and the possibility of getting a piece of lint on the dial.......well, and the small details that I have neither the tools nor the know-how.
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Great thanks for that!!! Think I'll leave it to the professionals though!
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10 May 2013, 08:47 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for sharing
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10 May 2013, 09:09 PM | #5 |
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Yikes, I think that I'd be better off doing my own surgery!
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10 May 2013, 09:12 PM | #6 |
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Interesting to see but for the price I'd rather RSC handle it, I'm no good at Jigsaw's so have no chance of remembering where all the bits came from..
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10 May 2013, 09:25 PM | #7 |
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Great video, thanks for sharing :)
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10 May 2013, 09:26 PM | #8 |
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I will plan on watching this right after I finish extracting a tooth.
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Geez - 11 minutes? Jocke takes about 5 minutes
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10 May 2013, 10:45 PM | #11 |
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I'm sure I've seen that before.
I believe the watchmaker is in Bangkok, Thailand (in an outer suburb). I wanted to go and see him but it was like an hour drive each way and I didn't have time. The watchmaker isn't doing this at home. I spoke to the watchmaker and he is a really nice guy. The video link above is a reproduced video of the original youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xn4TSULVd8 I'm not quite sure why people do this, copying and publishing videos as their own...its a bit annoying really.....like video plagiarism.
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10 May 2013, 11:23 PM | #12 |
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Excellent video, watched it a few times before! It gave me enough confidence to strip down my 3135 and do a few jobs on it!
Did notice though that the ratchet wheel came off on one side and he put it back on the other side (as per my posting there). To my understanding it was on the wrong way round before he dismantled it. |
10 May 2013, 11:34 PM | #13 |
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Very interesting video. Thanks.
If it only takes 11 minutes to completely service a Rolex, why does RSC charge so much? That's about $63.00 per minute, or $3,780 per hour.
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Very awesome. lol-x. Thanks for original video link....
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10 May 2013, 11:59 PM | #15 |
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cool
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11 May 2013, 12:00 AM | #16 |
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Natthewatchmaker not your every day home service job!!! Lol
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11 May 2013, 07:53 AM | #17 |
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Great video, THANKS !!!!!
( I would fail even in the first steps of the dismantling ! Not even to think of puting it back together )
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11 May 2013, 08:16 AM | #18 |
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Good video, but for fixing at home. I know my limitations.
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11 May 2013, 08:36 AM | #19 |
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!
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11 May 2013, 08:41 AM | #20 |
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I'll have one Rolex, with parts in bag to take to my RSC afterwards.
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11 May 2013, 11:03 AM | #22 |
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No thanks! Off to RSC NY!!!!
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11 May 2013, 11:27 AM | #23 |
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Great video. Thanks !
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11 May 2013, 11:28 AM | #24 |
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Yes.
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11 May 2013, 02:05 PM | #25 |
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crap. i call onstar to help with the battery in my ironman... i'm not trying this.
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11 May 2013, 02:30 PM | #26 |
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I'm a huge DIY kind of guy, but I know my limitations and this is defiantly one of them
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Awesome video. Thanks for the original link too.
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11 May 2013, 06:13 PM | #28 |
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He really should be using gloves throughout the whole process, oils from his fingers on the dial, small parts, etc, is poor form.
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11 May 2013, 09:04 PM | #29 |
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Why? If he takes it apart, they all go through a bath before it gets reassembled. Of course he doesn't show the bath but you can tell all the parts are cleaner than before.
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That sure was a very nice video! Thank you for sharing!
I understand your point perfectly and always use gloves (or rather finger condoms) when I assemble and lubricate cleaned watches at my school to avoid having any dirt or sweat on bridges and wheels when they have been cleaned. However, if the watch hasn't been cleaned already and you disassemble it only to put it in a basket and clean it it doesn't really matter if your fingers touch parts as they're going to get cleaned right away anyway. Besides, speaking for myself I've had to work on watches that were so dirty that a bit of sweat from my fingers wouldn't have made any difference. In fact, it might have even been a bit helpful as some dirt from the parts could have been swiped off prior to the cleaning...
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