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| Author: | laieboy [ Mon May 19, 2008 11:56 am ] | 
| Post subject: | I want to change my dial color. | 
| I want to change the color of my SA dial from white to black. Can it be done and still be under warranty at my local AD? | |
| Author: | RJRJRJ [ Mon May 19, 2008 2:20 pm ] | 
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| I believe that your AD can have it sent to B to be done for you. If you do it yourself, or have an unauthorized repair done somewhere else, you will lose your warranty. | |
| Author: | dillon324 [ Mon May 19, 2008 3:02 pm ] | 
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| how much do they charge for that? | |
| Author: | dlucenti [ Wed May 21, 2008 8:25 pm ] | 
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| I have a similar situation. and the answer to your Question is yes. It would void warranty. the S/N is based on the watch model and specific details of the watch like dial color. if the watch doesn't match the s/n the warranty is void. as told to me by my AD. That being said if you wanted to swap the face anyway it would cost you anywhere from 50-100 dollars. What I decided to do is wait till the warranty period is over and then change the dial. | |
| Author: | alien13 [ Thu May 22, 2008 3:09 am ] | 
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| dlucenti wrote: I have a similar  situation.  and the answer to your Question is yes.  It would void warranty.  the S/N is based on the watch model and specific details of the watch like dial color.  if the watch doesn't match the s/n the warranty is void. as told to me by my AD.  That being said if you wanted to swap the face anyway it would cost you anywhere from 50-100 dollars.  What I decided to do is wait till the warranty period  is over and then change the dial. that sounds a smart decision. though i trust the reliability of my blings, still i would not risk voiding the warranty | |
| Author: | laieboy [ Thu May 22, 2008 1:54 pm ] | 
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| So even if I send it to B to have it replaced the warranty will still be void?   | |
| Author: | dlucenti [ Thu May 22, 2008 3:49 pm ] | 
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| from what I was told by my AD Breitling will not change out a dial. there was a time when they would, but no longer Even if they did it would be very expensive because you would have to buy the dial from them. | |
| Author: | jnelson3097 [ Thu May 22, 2008 3:55 pm ] | 
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| There was a recent discussion on TZ about this and Breitling won't change out the dial. I guess they used to do it but have stopped recently. | |
| Author: | Roffensian [ Thu May 22, 2008 4:08 pm ] | 
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| jnelson3097 wrote: There was a recent discussion on TZ about this and Breitling won't change out the dial.  I guess they used to do it but have stopped recently. Correct, in fact Breitling used to offer a 6 month 'exchange' program to have the dial changed. Now, they won't do it, and they won't sell you a dial separately. | |
| Author: | laieboy [ Thu May 22, 2008 7:06 pm ] | 
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| I guess that means I will just have to buy another SA!   | |
| Author: | alien13 [ Thu May 22, 2008 11:51 pm ] | 
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| another smart marketing strategy to urge bling lovers to buy more watches   | |
| Author: | sportback [ Fri May 23, 2008 2:16 am ] | 
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| Different, but related, gripe...I was surprised to learn yesterday (from my AD) that people working for Breitling cannot buy a personal watch from the company - they have to go through 'normal' dealer channels. This came up as one of the sales reps came to my AD and asked him to order a watch! The same seems to apply to the Richemont Group also - Cartier have the same policy (not sure about Panerai...) I find this, to say the least, surprising... | |
| Author: | Driver8 [ Fri May 23, 2008 2:24 am ] | 
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| sportback wrote: Different, but related, gripe...I was surprised to learn yesterday (from my AD) that people working for Breitling cannot buy a personal watch from the company - they have to go through 'normal' dealer channels. This came up as one of the sales reps came to my AD and asked him to order a watch! The same seems to apply to the Richemont Group also - Cartier have the same policy (not sure about Panerai...) I find this, to say the least, surprising... The cheeky gits! By contrast the Swatch group allow their employees to buy at least one watch per year at huge discounts - so that means Omega, and er..... Rado, etc | |
| Author: | sportback [ Fri May 23, 2008 2:36 am ] | 
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| It would seem reasonable, working for the damn company... A well known German car manufacturer allows their employees (at least here in France) to purchase 4 (yes, four!) cars a year - they must keep the car for 3 months after which they can do what they like with it. Needless to say they are able to have a hefty discount on the original purchase, then they simply post an ad on the official company site (in the '2nd hand' section). I saved a packet by buying a 3 month old car in this way... | |
| Author: | alien13 [ Fri May 23, 2008 11:35 pm ] | 
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| Driver8 wrote:  The cheeky gits! By contrast the Swatch group allow their employees to buy at least one watch per year at huge discounts - so that means Omega, and er..... Rado, etc  and Breguet, Blanpain, longines and lots more....i think one should join the swatch group   | |
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