You think you know watches ?

 About to write type this , I laughed 😃.

Here is it , some watches come in for repair and you are like this will be easy to repair , it’s the case of an hublot automatic watch , 2 months ago , where the balance wheel wasn’t functioning well, oh well. That seems to be the hairspring of the balance wheel ,twisted a bit  I should guess, cause the balance wheel rolls for a while and then stops , you shake it it comes again , rolls and stops , thankfully an understanding client ,I  decided to straighten the hairspring.. lo and behold no progress .. 😮‍💨..

Didn’t want to bug my head .. told the client , kindly let me source for a new balance wheel please , here we source for automatic parts , if not seen , then you advise the customer to buy online by giving the specification, if it’s an authentic watch , if it isn’t an authentic watch if it can be easily converted to a quartz movement, then we do it , if not the client will have to wait till we can get the part to work with it . Luckily .. I got the Balance wheel and it fitted fine .. and good to go , sometimes some watches can just make you go crazy .. it’s the reality .


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