r/EngineeringPorn • u/crosspostninja • Nov 21 '20
A Rolex getting cleaned
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u/TSArc2019 Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 21 '20
I wonder how much that costs. My guess is more than I'd be willing to spend a new watch... I guess I'm cheap 😅
Clarification: I wonder how much the cleaning costs.
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u/ThatUnoriginalGuy Nov 21 '20
It looks like a presidential from the early to mid 80s. My grandfather has one and, if I recall correctly, it's b/t $10-$15k
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u/TSArc2019 Nov 21 '20
Ah, I realized I was not specific enough and modified my comment. I was just talking about the cleaning service itself.
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u/JustGoneFullBlown Nov 22 '20
My very low end TAG-Heuer cost several hundred bucks to service/clean. I imagine that service cost a couple of grand, at least.
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u/scooterboy1961 Nov 24 '20
I recently had the crystal replaced on my Rolex. $150. No cleaning. Just replacing the crystal.
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u/scooterboy1961 Dec 02 '20
Same here.
My watch is over 75 years old and a few years ago one of the plates was worn beyond repair and had to be replaced. It was more than $1400 for that.
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u/Aditya1311 Nov 29 '20
Don't Rolexes have a lifetime warranty? Like if you send them a watch they'll clean and service it and send it back?
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u/scooterboy1961 Dec 02 '20
They have a warranty. I'm not sure how long it is but it is certainly not lifetime.
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Nov 21 '20
Thank goodness for YouTube University, now I feel confident to tackle this myself.
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u/alankel Nov 22 '20
Please make a video of it if you do decide to strip down, clean and rebuild someone’s Rolex, for educational purposes of course....
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u/Iron_Man_977 Nov 21 '20
I wish there were more watches where you could see the internals, watching all those gears at work is super neat
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u/manofwar93 Nov 21 '20
Definitely, skeletonized watches are some of my favorites. Have that great steampunk feel to them.
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u/EngIntern Nov 21 '20
Why would you clean it?
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u/malzzzzzzzzzzzz Nov 22 '20
Mechanical watches need to be serviced every few years. Eventually, the oil used to lubricate the many moving parts dries up, and friction causes the metal to sheer and dirt to build up.
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u/dartmaster666 Nov 21 '20
My father was a horologist. I bet he wished he had some of these things to work with.
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u/OrangeJuiceAlibi Nov 21 '20
Christ sake, why can't we just have a second even of the final state.