Watch Servicing
The following work is undertaken for most luxury watch brands when your watch is sent back to their experts for servicing. The key difference between an Interim and a Complete service is that the mechanism itself is disassembled in the latter.Interim Service
A mechanical watch, like a car, needs to be serviced on a regular basis to ensure that all parts operate to maximum efficiency and without damage for as long as possible. . In this service, experts will:- • Completely disassemble the case of your watch
- • Replace worn pieces: battery, crown, all gaskets or hands for example
- • Control magnetisation
- • Demagnetise mechanical watches if needed
- • Control the movement
- • Adjust the rate of the movement if needed
- • Clean the case and the bracelet, if the bracelet is metal, with ultrasound waves
- • Reassemble your watch
- • Control the functioning of the watch for 48 hours
- • Control the water-resistance
- • Control and adjust the bracelet and clasp
Complete Service
Occasionally a watch will need to undergo a more complete service. The movement is the most technical and fine-tuned piece of your watch and so a more thorough service may be needed either because your watch has not been checked for several years and the oils of the movement may have dried out or the mechanism of the watch is not functioning properly (for example, due to the case receiving a shock). In this service, experts will:- • Completely disassemble your watch
- • Replace worn pieces: battery, crown, all gaskets or hands
- • Control magnetisation
- • Demagnetise mechanical watches if needed
- • Restore the movement
- • Control the movement
- • Polish the case (and the bracelet if the bracelet is metal)
- • Clean the case and the bracelet, if the bracelet is metal, with ultrasound waves
- • Reassemble your watch
- • Control the functioning of the watch for 48 hours
- • Control the water-resistance
- • Control and adjust the bracelet and clasp
