Grandmother's old Rolex. Good news and Bad news..

[JS4LUV]

Contact watchmaker Norbert on hornby and davie.

http://thegermanwatchmaker.sites.ca/...nformation.php

[Alcan]

The movement appears to be a caliber 1400, the smallest Rolex has made, and as of about 7 years ago Rolex Canada still had all the parts to overhaul it. I had one done for Nancy in 2007. The dial condition is hard to tell from the pic, but if its rough Rolex may choose to send it to a third party dial refinisher who does work for them.


http://www.rolexforums.com/showthrea...light=refinish

[SUBversive]

Originally Posted by Tools

It's white gold with classic lines, what's not to like.

If you don't take the time to restore it, and your wife to wear it on the occasions that it deserves, who will ??

why is it that so many want to reduce everything down to "how much is it going to cost me" ?? If you don't do it, nobody will and a piece of family history will be gone.

So it might cost you a few hundred more than it's market value !! Every time you take your shirts to the laundry you're paying more for the clean and press than their market value.. and you do that week after week..

Very well said.

[andromeda160]

I would find a replacement movement on ebay, plenty of these watches were scrapped so theres an abundance of these movements For sale, would be a neat watch to get fixed up. I think sourcing a movement on ebay and serviced by an independent can keep the restoration cost on check with the watches value
This might be a direct swap, wrong hands
http://m.ebay.com/itm/181583591514?nav=SEARCH

Heres a movement

http://m.ebay.com/itm/171539177359?nav=SEARCH

[cajunron]

Originally Posted by andromeda160

I would find a replacement movement on ebay, plenty of these watches were scrapped so theres an abundance of these movements For sale, would be a neat watch to get fixed up. I think sourcing a movement on ebay and serviced by an independent can keep the restoration cost on check with the watches value
This might be a direct swap, wrong hands
http://m.ebay.com/itm/181583591514?nav=SEARCH

Heres a movement

http://m.ebay.com/itm/171539177359?nav=SEARCH

Originally Posted by Alcan

The movement appears to be a caliber 1400, the smallest Rolex has made, and as of about 7 years ago Rolex Canada still had all the parts to overhaul it. I had one done for Nancy in 2007. The dial condition is hard to tell from the pic, but if its rough Rolex may choose to send it to a third party dial refinisher who does work for them.


http://www.rolexforums.com/showthrea...light=refinish

There ya go! I LOVE this place!

[Rikki]

Hi it's a 1400 movement in an A semetic case very nice and worth restoring. I have plenty of doner 1400 movement available give me a call after the first. Rikki

[jctrolex]

My sister gave me my gradfather's Citizen from the sixties last year. I had it restored, costed me a few hundred dollars, a few hundred dollars more than it's worth in terms of market value but it is priceless to me. I gave it to my son and he wears it proudly.