I have two reps that were having problems. A Cartier Pasha ETA GMT and a Omega 45mm Ultimate PO. The Pasha all of a sudden stopped ticking and the PO has a stuck crown. I must admit that I was pretty nervous to take two fake watches to a shop that I have never been to but I just can't wait several weeks for one of our well known repair guys to fix what I think should be pretty simple stuff for any watchsmith.
So I walk into the place (in South Florida) and drop the two watches on the counter, I don't mention anything about them being reps, I say this one all of a sudden stopped ticking (pointing at the Pasha)... The guy grabs the Pasha and says "well thing is that with IMITATION watches sometimes the movements can tilt slightly and the rotor can hit the movement holder which stops the rotor from being able to spin, no big deal we should be able to fix it"...basically after seeing the watch for about 1 second he already called it out as being fake but did not make it a big deal...pretty cool
Next he grabs the PO and I say this one has a stuck crown...he takes it over to the repair area and pops it open in no time flat, plays with it a bit, and then he tells me "this one looks like the small plates where the crown locks into are stuck so it will need to be torn down a bit to fix but should also be no problem. the old man (watchsmith) will be in on monday and he will take care of it"
Then he whips out 2 repair tickets. he fills them both out and on the one for the pasha where it says "Watch Type" he enters Imitation Cartier....BUT on the other repair ticket for the PO he writes under "Watch Type" Omega Planet Ocean. He gives me my copies of the 2 forms, shakes my hand, says I'll call you on Monday... and I'm on my way. Yay!!! I guess the PO fooled him. Either way it looks like I will have both watches on Monday and this place is about 5 minutes from my house so I will be VERY happy. Hopefully
So I walk into the place (in South Florida) and drop the two watches on the counter, I don't mention anything about them being reps, I say this one all of a sudden stopped ticking (pointing at the Pasha)... The guy grabs the Pasha and says "well thing is that with IMITATION watches sometimes the movements can tilt slightly and the rotor can hit the movement holder which stops the rotor from being able to spin, no big deal we should be able to fix it"...basically after seeing the watch for about 1 second he already called it out as being fake but did not make it a big deal...pretty cool
Next he grabs the PO and I say this one has a stuck crown...he takes it over to the repair area and pops it open in no time flat, plays with it a bit, and then he tells me "this one looks like the small plates where the crown locks into are stuck so it will need to be torn down a bit to fix but should also be no problem. the old man (watchsmith) will be in on monday and he will take care of it"
Then he whips out 2 repair tickets. he fills them both out and on the one for the pasha where it says "Watch Type" he enters Imitation Cartier....BUT on the other repair ticket for the PO he writes under "Watch Type" Omega Planet Ocean. He gives me my copies of the 2 forms, shakes my hand, says I'll call you on Monday... and I'm on my way. Yay!!! I guess the PO fooled him. Either way it looks like I will have both watches on Monday and this place is about 5 minutes from my house so I will be VERY happy. Hopefully