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lenlec

11-02-2009, 01:29 PM

harb

11-02-2009, 01:36 PM

hi all

picked up my 116520 last wed from an AD in leicester, service and sale was superb.

i took it to a local independant jeweller to have a link removed today at lunch he asked me to leave it so i collected it after work. i noticed a new scratch on the clasp where the pin goes in for the easy link, he tried to polish it for me but the polished side of the clasp now has very faint dull brush marks.

am i being anal and over the top about? really pi**ed me off

cheers andy

No, you're not being anal about it, Andy.

This independent jeweller guy did a botched job, and he knows it - first, by causing the scratch in the first place and then his half-arsed attempts at polishing.

There is no reason why the clasp cannot be polished up to look as new. Well, the only reason is if the polisher is rubbish...as seems to be the case.

You have two options: get the jeweller to get someone to do a proper job, or cut your losses and take it to someone who knows what to do.

All this begs the question, though, why did you need a jeweller to take the link out? Either your AD could have done it or you could have done it yourself.

lenlec

11-02-2009, 03:07 PM

thanks harb,

god knows why i took it in, just thought pop in on my lunch break and job done, he`s been in the same shop for 30 yrs or so. live and learn i suppose.
only wore it for 2 days got lots of tiny scratches already.
winds me up. why do we buy these things?/ haha.

andy

harb

11-03-2009, 06:15 AM

I'm wearing my white 116520 just now and looking at the clasp it is badly scratched.

I remember the first one! A deep diagonal gouge on the larger polished section of the clasp after scratching a key in my pocket after only having the watch a couple of days.

Looking at it now, that scratch is less visible due to the number of finer hairlines there. But from anything more than arm's length, none of these are visible.

lenlec

11-03-2009, 08:25 AM

yeah but how long you had yours harb? haha.

i`m just gonna try n forget about it and get on with wearing it, can you buy spare pins for the bracelet?

andy

harb

11-03-2009, 09:01 AM

yeah but how long you had yours harb? haha.

i`m just gonna try n forget about it and get on with wearing it, can you buy spare pins for the bracelet?

andy

Three and a half years.
Yeah…get on with wearing it. That's what it's for, after all!

lenlec

11-03-2009, 01:57 PM

too right harb, been on my mind all day though, just rang the AD i got it from and he kindly said he will put some new bracelet pins in for me and have a look at the clasp scratch, seems good of him.

did i mention that the j12 i bought my girlfriend fell off her wrist last week, i link pin had come loose, strange?

CK8

11-03-2009, 05:20 PM

No, you're not being anal about it, Andy.

This independent jeweller guy did a botched job, and he knows it - first, by causing the scratch in the first place and then his half-arsed attempts at polishing.

There is no reason why the clasp cannot be polished up to look as new. Well, the only reason is if the polisher is rubbish...as seems to be the case.

You have two options: get the jeweller to get someone to do a proper job, or cut your losses and take it to someone who knows what to do.

All this begs the question, though, why did you need a jeweller to take the link out? Either your AD could have done it or you could have done it yourself.

I would say not all AD have staff know what they are doing. Because the screws are glued they require heating to break the bond before unscrewing. In the past AD have just unscrewed it, probably with a smaller screwdriver width, and damaged the screw heads. That is why I also try to do the adjustment myself. The only advantage for having it done by AD is easier to complain and get it repaired if things go wrong.