Breitling service

[bmt216a]

Hello all.

I’ve recently had my 50th Anniversary Navitimer serviced at Breitling. It’s the first service I’ve had done on the watch since I bought it new 22 years ago.

I’m a bit disappointed, after wearing the watch all day yesterday, taking it off for bed. About 12 hours later it’s already lost 2 hours. From memory I thought it should hold its time for at least two days.

I had the full service carried out, cost just shy of £700.

Be interested in your thoughts

Thanks
Ian

[nikaiyo2]

Loosing 2 hours over 12 is definitely not right.

Was it wound fully? I would make sure it was fully wound either by giving it a good vigorous wrist movement or using the crown and seeing what it does.

[bazza.]

I just did this one last week, I'm work in the jewellery quarter Birmingham

[Macneil]

Lost 2 hours, or stopped? I'd wind it fully in the morning and wear it all day, see how it goes.

Assuming it isn't just run down, the problem is with £700 already spent you're now in the hands of Breitling unless you're happy to write that off and send it to someone like Bazza. I think watches are like cars in that there are some ham-fisted amateurs working under the auspices of authorised dealer, and then there are widely experienced reliable independents charging a lot less for a proper job.

[Mont Blanc]

bmt216a said:

Hello all.

I ve recently had my 50th Anniversary Navitimer serviced at Breitling. It s the first service I ve had done on the watch since I bought it new 22 years ago.

I m a bit disappointed, after wearing the watch all day yesterday, taking it off for bed. About 12 hours later it s already lost 2 hours. From memory I thought it should hold its time for at least two days.

I had the full service carried out, cost just shy of £700.

Be interested in your thoughts

Thanks
Ian

Surely the obvious answer is send it back to Breitling and tell them to fix it?

(This is assuming it was fully hand wound as well as being wound by being whilst on the wrist before you took it off)

[bmt216a]

Thanks for the advice. I do feel stupid as I didn’t fully wind it up. I just twisted my wrist for 30 seconds expecting to be enough.

Seems to be a lot better now. Shame I didn’t research Bazza before sending it off. I’ll bear him in mind in the future.

[Mont Blanc]

bmt216a said:

Thanks for the advice. I do feel stupid as I didn t fully wind it up. I just twisted my wrist for 30 seconds expecting to be enough.

Seems to be a lot better now. Shame I didn t research Bazza before sending it off. I ll bear him in mind in the future.

All that matters is that the watch is working!

But yes, if an automatic watch power reserve is exhausted, then winding it 20-30 times should get it topped up, and then just the movement of your wrist (assuming you wear it daily) will usually be enough to keep it running from that point forwards with no manual winding required.

[Consigliere]

bazza. said:

I just did this one last week, I'm work in the jewellery quarter Birmingham

Whats the company name - feel free to DM if you cant publically share.

Ta

[bazza.]

Consigliere said:

Whats the company name - feel free to DM if you cant publically share.

Ta

Hi, I work at Alexander James Watch Services Ltd in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.
But being self-employed, I also do my own private work at the shop at a more affordable price.
I do everything from Sinn's to Rolex and high end polishing too.