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| Author: | stug [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Service prices |
I sent my chronomat evo of to breitling uk about a month ago via my AD and i have just got my estimate back which is £500 for a full overhall, £110 for exchange of hands, £65 for the broken crown and £50 for 5 x link screws so the total price is £725. I have told them just to go ahead with the work but what i would like to know is are the new hands not included in the the £500 full service overhall as the hands have to come off anyway and also what are link screws as im not sure how they can be damaged if they are what i think they are. Thanks Stuart. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Hands are always quoted as additional items. I assume link screws are for the bracelet. |
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| Author: | stug [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Thanks |
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| Author: | TomP [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Roffensian wrote: Hands are always quoted as additional items Really? I did not know that. So if the current price of an overhaul on a regular automatic is listed at BUK as £340, that's in fact £340 + £110 for the necessarily replaced hands = £450? |
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| Author: | wessa [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Roffensian wrote: Hands are always quoted as additional items. I assume link screws are for the bracelet. I guess that depends on the service centre. I never got quoted for hands as an extra item, they were included in the listed service price. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Depends on the region wessa, but your experience is less common. It should be noted that hands are not always GBP110 or equivalent, it varies by model. |
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| Author: | TomP [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
When I next have something overhauled at BUK I shall establish this and report back. Anyone else with recent 'overhaul' experience there? |
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| Author: | stug [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
What i dont understand is how they can quote a price of £500 for a full strip and overhall of my watch which meens the hands have to come off as im told they are a press fit so cannot be reused once they are off so surely the £500 should include the cost of new hands as they need to be fitted. Realy they should quote a price of £610 as the hands are £110? |
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| Author: | TomP [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
I was hoping someone else who'd had a recent overhaul service with BUK would chip in on this. I was surprised by it as from previous comments I'd inferred that replacement hands were part of the package. @ for example viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56852 There's someone who posted this quote in Feb this year: 'Necessary Work – Complete Overhaul Exchange of Hands ESTIMATE £375.00 Optional Work – Exchange of crystal – existing is scratched £90.00 Exchange of middle case – existing is scratched and dented £275.00' - which suggested to me that the exhange of hands was included in that £375 overhaul price. |
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| Author: | P51 [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
It looks better on the service list price if you don't include the necessary extensions (that you are probably going to be charged for anyway), doesn't it? Although you could get down to the level of say, £50 for a full service, which is taking the back off. Everything else afterwards is extra.  . That wouldn't work, would it.
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| Author: | vulcanpilot [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
My SuperOcean had the hands replaced as part of the full overhaul cost. I know they fitted new hands as my seconds hand is of the newer arrow type not the original square & dot type. I paid exactly what was quoted on their website even though it took 4 weeks longer than the 'estimate' to complete. |
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| Author: | Skyrider01 [ Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
I sent my Aerospace in a couple weeks ago for service with Breitling USA. As per the estimate on the work order, the hands will be replaced at no extra cost. It's included in the price of the "complete service." |
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| Author: | stug [ Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
Ive been looking at a few watches from mark worthington jewellers on ebay who is one of the biggest breitling dealers in the uk as he posts photos of the service invoice in his photos on ebay and all the chrono evos he has for sale have had the hands their hands changed at a cost of £75 but on other breitling models the hands are included in the service price which i find a bit strange as they all have had a full overhaul. How can they be free on one model then charged as an extra on the evo. I also find it strange how he is charged £75 yet they are charging me £110. |
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| Author: | TomP [ Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
I'm confused too. It does indeed seems to be priced inclusive in some people's services and not in others'. |
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| Author: | stug [ Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Service prices |
They just seem to make the price up as they go along Tom. |
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