Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the same problem with my father's wedding Rolex, bought in 1948. He stopped wearing it sometime in the 1970s, and when I wanted to get it serviced and working 15 years ago, the Rolex dealer here in Chennai said that they were not allowed to attempt to repair these older watches as per their contract with Rolex. When I contacted Rolex themselves, they said they could not help me, and they would not do it either in any of their own repair centres. However they gave me the contact details of a repair outfit in London to whom they had sold all their old parts to. They fixed it all right, and refurbished it at my behest, at a cost of around GBP800. When I wanted it fixed and serviced again last year, as it had stopped working, I gave it to a very well regarded 150 year old watch shop here in Chennai, and they serviced and fixed it for US$25. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 9:42 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I have my father's Seiko 6619-8060 MACV-SOG wristwatch, acquired in Viet > Nam. Somewhat rare, in that it has numerals instead of marks. > > https://sonc.com/seiko.jpg > > Here's an article for the curious: > > https://www.fratellowatches.com/tbt-seiko-6619-8060-macv-sog-a-sterile-watch/ > > The SOG is an indication of the unit he was in, Special Ops Group. They > flew C-130 aircraft, but not transports. > > It needs some professional attention, and I'm trying to find someone who > would repair and put a new crystal on it. I don't want "restoration," > just "fixing". > > Do you have a recommendation? > > > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >