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4 August 2017, 09:45 PM | #1 |
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Good news story from RSC Tokyo
Last weekend, I accidentally slammed my 116528 Daytona into a door in Machida. A couple of days later, I noticed what appeared to be three small scratches on the crystal. In over 25 years of owning Rolex watches, scratching a crystal like that was a first for me. Anyway, I tried everything to clean/scrub the crystal in hopes of finding it was not a scratch; but nothing worked. Under the loupe, it clearly appeared as three superficial scratches. Expecting a few hundred dollars cost and a couple of weeks for the crystal change, and even more worried that the scratch might affect the structural integrity of the crystal, I went to RSC Tokyo this afternoon. The lady at the desk looked through a loupe and said they do not polish out scratches on crystals, but she would have the technician take a look. Half an hour later, the watch came back after the technician "polished" out whatever it was; all free of charge. I asked no questions; just gave them my thanks. What a great Friday afternoon!
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4 August 2017, 09:48 PM | #2 |
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Great outcome on a BEAUTIFUL watch!
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4 August 2017, 09:53 PM | #3 |
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#winning!
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4 August 2017, 10:15 PM | #4 |
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Great story. Happy it worked out for you.
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4 August 2017, 10:46 PM | #5 |
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Phew!! Good news Otto!
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4 August 2017, 10:50 PM | #6 |
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Wow, great to see they treated you well.
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4 August 2017, 11:14 PM | #7 |
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Great outcome. Maybe not universally true but I find it unfortunate that we are now increasingly expecting to receive mediocre service and surprised when we get good service. How things have changed.
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4 August 2017, 11:36 PM | #8 |
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It was the right thing to do from a Customer Service perspective. Glad it worked out well for you.
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5 August 2017, 12:24 AM | #10 |
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Good stuff, Otto
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5 August 2017, 12:46 AM | #11 |
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I'm happy they sorted this for you. Japanese tend to be nicer usually customer service wise...just more stringent on following policy.
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5 August 2017, 01:02 AM | #12 |
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Awesome! And I love that watch, Otto.
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5 August 2017, 02:01 AM | #13 |
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Nice outcome.
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5 August 2017, 02:06 AM | #14 |
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They probably quickly changed out the crystal and said they polished it lol JK glad you got it sorted out quickly!
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5 August 2017, 06:00 AM | #16 |
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5 August 2017, 07:41 AM | #17 |
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5 August 2017, 08:05 AM | #19 |
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Great story. Glad it worked out without any pain. to RSC japan.
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5 August 2017, 09:25 AM | #20 |
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I just want to point out I don't think RSC necessarily did anything outside the ordinary, for Japan at least. This would not have been the first time some sort of glue, grime, whatever made it onto a crystal on a watch I owned. My eyes could have tricked me with the scratch, even with the loupe, but even after scrubbing with a kitchen pad, the spots persisted.
BTW, I asked about the new white Day-Date dial. They said they have to wait at least a year before they can sell that new dial if I were to want to switch out dials on my DD 40. |
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5 August 2017, 10:37 AM | #23 |
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no way???
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5 August 2017, 10:46 AM | #24 |
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Glad it was taken care of; can you imagine if it had an AR coating?
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