Rolex Repair And Dealer

[plasticpig]

name='timekeeper' date='2009-05-16 07:21:32' post='2737759']

i do not need to buy or sell second hand cars.

why? do you want to sell me the wreck you left behind in Thailand when you ran back to Uk?

I would love to sell my old wreck, its still in the garage, but

I Some how think you wont have enough money to buy it.

Whats an old 1976 Corvette Sting ray worth now days?

we used to call Reliant Robin three wheelers 'plasticpigs'

is that your current mode of transport?

Would love to have a Reliant Robin around pattaya, it would be such a laugh.

As I have a sense of humor unlike yourself.

BTW, buying secondhand watches is not the smartest move.

Genuine or not.

Got anymore good advice for members

Have a nice day.

Edited May 16, 2009 by plasticpig

[tirekicker]

I work in Iraq and haven't been back to Pattaya since November. Does anyone know if the new mall on Beach Road in Pattaya has a Rolex dealer?

i have had mine serviced in Pattaya many times and always at the same place.

the watchmaker is Rolex certified and i can guarantee you will not get the movement switched

he has all the correct tools and the different types of oil required to service the movement

he carries spare caseback gaskets and a pressure tester to certify its waterproof again after servicing

he has replaced a crystal for me and changed the dial twice

it can be 1000-2000 baht dependant on time taken and any spares required

pm if you want more details

[timekeeper]

name='timekeeper' date='2009-05-16 07:21:32' post='2737759']

i do not need to buy or sell second hand cars.

why? do you want to sell me the wreck you left behind in Thailand when you ran back to Uk?

I would love to sell my old wreck, its still in the garage, but

I Some how think you wont have enough money to buy it.

Whats an old 1976 Corvette Sting ray worth now days?

we used to call Reliant Robin three wheelers 'plasticpigs'

is that your current mode of transport?

Would love to have a Reliant Robin around pattaya, it would be such a laugh.

As I have a sense of humor unlike yourself.

BTW, buying secondhand watches is not the smartest move.

Genuine or not.

Got anymore good advice for members

Have a nice day.

actually i used to have a red 1976 Corvette 350, in 1976.....

they are hardly a classic car, theres an '81 (which was a far better car) on Autotrader UK for £7000

hardly a kings ransom but maybe thats a lot of money to you

only asses make assumptions especially about peoples wealth especially if they judge it by the car they drive, the richest people i know do not even own a car.

as to your own wealth its clear that wealth buys leisure, but not wisdom.

as to my own wealth, who cares what you think?

as to the practise of buying second hand watches, maybe you should consult the Sothebys and Christies websites and compare the prices of (second hand) classic Patek Phillipe sold in the 1980's and sold again last year

the buyers only made a few hundred thousand pounds profit

what a mistake they made buying second hand watches!

as to a sense of humour, based on your comments and general demeanour, you do not need to tell me you have one, i am sure you need to have one

as to offering more advise to members, yes i have some:

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.

That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

off to your room now little man, your mums calling, Barneys on TV and your alphabetti spaghetti is ready

[plasticpig]

you are a silly man.

[timekeeper]

you are a silly man.

this is timekeepers wife, he says to tell you he is indisposed at the moment and can only deal with one shit at a time

[plasticpig]

you are a silly man.

this is timekeepers wife, he says to tell you he is indisposed at the moment and can only deal with one shit at a time

Oh dear, you showed yourself up there.

a true star.

[timekeeper]

you are a silly man.

this is timekeepers wife, he says to tell you he is indisposed at the moment and can only deal with one shit at a time

Oh dear, you showed yourself up there.

a true star.

thank you plarsticpork

you know you will be using that quote yourself in the future

[blackman]

you are a silly man.

this is timekeepers wife, he says to tell you he is indisposed at the moment and can only deal with one shit at a time

that was funny man, real funny

[angiud]

Sometime I feel I loosing my time in TV

[syd barrett]

Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?

I doubt it.

That is rather like handing four thousand pounds to a geezer who doesn't earn that much in a year. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that.

I wouldn't trust any watch shop in Pattaya with any watch worth more than 100 GBP end of story.

Plus I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.

[tirekicker]

I doubt very much if these "Rolex certified" repair shops are the real deal and the parts fitted are even genuine. A friend of mine had a bad experience a few years ago when he left his watch for repair with a so called "Rolex agent" in PHUKET TOWN. When he collected his watch it was unrecognizable from the watch he had given for repair just a few days earlier. The complete watch had been buffed to a high gloss finish it looked like it had been dipped in chrome. The lugs and outer links on the oyster bracelet that should have been "brushed" were sparkling and the amount of metal that had been removed during the buffing was noticeable. These so call Rolex agents had ruined the appearance of his watch. It only took a phone call to the Main Agents in Wireless Road Bangkok to be told that they do not have any agents in Phuket.

In spite of this information the shop insisted that they were the local agents but it was obvious that they knew nothing about Rolex watches and that the watch had been sent around the corner to the local Chinese watch repair shop.

Edited May 16, 2009 by tirekicker

[Mattd]

Personally speaking the ONLY place that I would take my Rolex to in Thailand is the approved and official Rolex service centre in Wireless Road.

I've taken mine there once for a service and it came back in perfect order.

There is absolutely no way I would trust anybody else in Thailand with my watch other than here.

[timekeeper]

Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?

I doubt it.

That is rather like handing four thousand pounds to a geezer who doesn't earn that much in a year. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that.

I wouldn't trust any watch shop in Pattaya with any watch worth more than 100 GBP end of story.

Plus I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.

Mr. Bean, please, you do not know what you are talking about

its clear you do not own a Rolex so you do not know that ''four thousand pounds'' is a conservative estimate of what most Rolex are actually worth.

however purely by chance rather than by design, you are correct when you say;

''Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that''

in fact Rolex do not like (for that read FORBID) anyone touching their watches except AD (authorised dealers)

their guarantees are equally stringent, if you bought a £10,000 pound watch from an AD and sold it outside the shop for the same £10,000 the guarantee is instantly invalidated

the guarantee only applies to first user buyers not to second user or re-sellers.

if you were to let anyone fit any aftermarket parts to the watch, like a diamond bezel or even an extra link that proved not to be an original Rolex part, Rolex completely disown the watch and will not even service it at an AD, they consider it to be contaminated and would return it to you untouched unless you agreed to the removal of the aftermarket parts and allow them to fit the original parts in their place at your expense

so people who do not want to pay Rolex prices for service go to non AD and get it fixed

however they run the risk of never getting an AD to fix it though, if the non AD fails to do so

for watches like mine that date from 2001, it matters little, as Rolex are never likely to see it again

however once again Bean, you are wrong about your assertion that :

''I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.''

at least you are wrong in my case, i have been there & done that:

My friend in London is a member of the Royal Horological Society and his family are long established Rolex AD

he had a good look at it the last time i went to England, as i wanted him to issue a current valuation for insurance purposes and he was thoroughly impressed by the work that had been done by the '' If you pay peanuts you get monkeys'' repairer in Pattaya.

all was as it should be.

as to your opening statement :

''Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?''

i have had three PM's from people who wanted the watchmakers details so they could do just that.

so please Bean, get on with worrying about simple things, like what the Thais think of you and why they call you Mr. Bean rather than worrying about complicated stuff like Rolex watches and their movements

[syd barrett]

Personally speaking the ONLY place that I would take my Rolex to in Thailand is the approved and official Rolex service centre in Wireless Road.

I've taken mine there once for a service and it came back in perfect order.

There is absolutely no way I would trust anybody else in Thailand with my watch other than here.

At last, a sensible and reasoned response.

Only use qualified service centres, wherever you are in the world.

I had a bad experience with my luxury Swiss watch in Pattaya and it cost 300 GBP to put right. I'm too angry even to think about it.

And that above post about a phoney Phuket Rolex cowboy must stand as a warning to folks here in Thailand with expensive watches.

Thanks for sharing!

[syd barrett]

Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?

I doubt it.

That is rather like handing four thousand pounds to a geezer who doesn't earn that much in a year. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that.

I wouldn't trust any watch shop in Pattaya with any watch worth more than 100 GBP end of story.

Plus I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.

Mr. Bean, please, you do not know what you are talking about

its clear you do not own a Rolex so you do not know that ''four thousand pounds'' is a conservative estimate of what most Rolex are actually worth.

however purely by chance rather than by design, you are correct when you say;

''Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that''

in fact Rolex do not like (for that read FORBID) anyone touching their watches except AD (authorised dealers)

their guarantees are equally stringent, if you bought a £10,000 pound watch from an AD and sold it outside the shop for the same £10,000 the guarantee is instantly invalidated

the guarantee only applies to first user buyers not to second user or re-sellers.

if you were to let anyone fit any aftermarket parts to the watch, like a diamond bezel or even an extra link that proved not to be an original Rolex part, Rolex completely disown the watch and will not even service it at an AD, they consider it to be contaminated and would return it to you untouched unless you agreed to the removal of the aftermarket parts and allow them to fit the original parts in their place at your expense

so people who do not want to pay Rolex prices for service go to non AD and get it fixed

however they run the risk of never getting an AD to fix it though, if the non AD fails to do so

for watches like mine that date from 2001, it matters little, as Rolex are never likely to see it again

however once again Bean, you are wrong about your assertion that :

''I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.''

at least you are wrong in my case, i have been there & done that:

My friend in London is a member of the Royal Horological Society and his family are long established Rolex AD

he had a good look at it the last time i went to England, as i wanted him to issue a current valuation for insurance purposes and he was thoroughly impressed by the work that had been done by the '' If you pay peanuts you get monkeys'' repairer in Pattaya.

all was as it should be.

as to your opening statement :

''Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?''

i have had three PM's from people who wanted the watchmakers details so they could do just that.

so please Bean, get on with worrying about simple things, like what the Thais think of you and why they call you Mr. Bean rather than worrying about complicated stuff like Rolex watches and their movements

Thank you for your interesting reply to my post.

So far you have been fortunate. You appear to have had 'good luck'.

I wonder, if you had recently purchased a new and expensive Rolex; (instead of your 2001 Rolex); you would trust the non AD here in Pattaya?

P.S. You are correct I have never owned a Rolex and never shall. I consider them to be for the nouveau riche

I do however possess three quality Swiss watches.

Edited May 16, 2009 by syd barrett

[Asianrider]

In Royal Garden, in the small thai handicraft stalls they sell nice wooden watch display cases. Also last year my brother bought a Rolex in Bangkok, the same month i went back to UK for 3 weeks, took the watch back with me and was able to reclaim the Sales Tax at Swampy airport, c20,000 baht if i recall. The watch has to leave the country, the receipt alone wasn't enough.

[timekeeper]

Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?

I doubt it.

That is rather like handing four thousand pounds to a geezer who doesn't earn that much in a year. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that.

I wouldn't trust any watch shop in Pattaya with any watch worth more than 100 GBP end of story.

Plus I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.

Mr. Bean, please, you do not know what you are talking about

its clear you do not own a Rolex so you do not know that ''four thousand pounds'' is a conservative estimate of what most Rolex are actually worth.

however purely by chance rather than by design, you are correct when you say;

''Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that''

in fact Rolex do not like (for that read FORBID) anyone touching their watches except AD (authorised dealers)

their guarantees are equally stringent, if you bought a £10,000 pound watch from an AD and sold it outside the shop for the same £10,000 the guarantee is instantly invalidated

the guarantee only applies to first user buyers not to second user or re-sellers.

if you were to let anyone fit any aftermarket parts to the watch, like a diamond bezel or even an extra link that proved not to be an original Rolex part, Rolex completely disown the watch and will not even service it at an AD, they consider it to be contaminated and would return it to you untouched unless you agreed to the removal of the aftermarket parts and allow them to fit the original parts in their place at your expense

so people who do not want to pay Rolex prices for service go to non AD and get it fixed

however they run the risk of never getting an AD to fix it though, if the non AD fails to do so

for watches like mine that date from 2001, it matters little, as Rolex are never likely to see it again

however once again Bean, you are wrong about your assertion that :

''I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.''

at least you are wrong in my case, i have been there & done that:

My friend in London is a member of the Royal Horological Society and his family are long established Rolex AD

he had a good look at it the last time i went to England, as i wanted him to issue a current valuation for insurance purposes and he was thoroughly impressed by the work that had been done by the '' If you pay peanuts you get monkeys'' repairer in Pattaya.

all was as it should be.

as to your opening statement :

''Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?''

i have had three PM's from people who wanted the watchmakers details so they could do just that.

so please Bean, get on with worrying about simple things, like what the Thais think of you and why they call you Mr. Bean rather than worrying about complicated stuff like Rolex watches and their movements

Thank you for your interesting reply to my post.

So far you have been fortunate. You appear to have had 'good luck'.

I wonder, if you had recently purchased a new and expensive Rolex; (instead of your 2001 Rolex); you would trust the non AD here in Pattaya?

P.S. You are correct I have never owned a Rolex and never shall. I consider them to be for the nouveau riche

I do however possess three quality Swiss watches.

why Bean, i would never buy a new Rolex, what a waste of money

did you not read my previous advice to a fellow poster about that very thing?

really Bean you need to concentrate on the matter in hand

a typical Rolex President DayDate is only worth about a £1000 in gold content, the rest of the cost is made up of marketing and hype

they are very poor timekeepers and amongst serious horologists, they are considered to be comparable to a Armani suit and a Next suit

just to show how you much of a myth surrounds Rolex's exclusivity, consider this fact:

Patek Phillipe ( a highly respected swiss watch house) started making watches in Geneva in 1845

Rolex make more watches in a single year (around 700,000 units) than Patek Phillipe have produced since their inception 164 years ago.

as to more expensive? new or not? no matter

a new President with a diamond dial is about £10,000 in KL in the AD under the Petronas Towers

i go there just for a look (yes even daring to wear my monkey contaminated Daydate) when in KL

2-3 years ago my repairer serviced my diamond and ruby encrusted 1995 president daydate

it was valued at over £20,000 (sold now) and shock horror, sit down please;

a very skilled chinese jewellery maker he recommended around the corner replaced 3 lost diamonds on the bracelet

he even did so without stealing all the other 200 or so

good fortune? good luck? (as Bean suggests) or good judgement?

dear reader you decide........

[timekeeper]

Personally speaking the ONLY place that I would take my Rolex to in Thailand is the approved and official Rolex service centre in Wireless Road.

I've taken mine there once for a service and it came back in perfect order.

There is absolutely no way I would trust anybody else in Thailand with my watch other than here.

At last, a sensible and reasoned response.

Only use qualified service centres, wherever you are in the world.

I had a bad experience with my luxury Swiss watch in Pattaya and it cost 300 GBP to put right. I'm too angry even to think about it.

And that above post about a phoney Phuket Rolex cowboy must stand as a warning to folks here in Thailand with expensive watches.

Thanks for sharing!

its only a reasoned response to you Bean, because he agrees with you

i do however agree with him and the spirit of the advice and how it was given

if you know very little about watches or the skills of the repairer then why take a chance on an unknown?

give it to an AD, bite the bullet and pay the AD price

maybe you should have taken such advise yourself and you would not be feeling so bitter about Pattaya watch repairers in general with no firm knowledge about specific persons and their skills

to quote you on this very thread at post # 15, Mr Bean you said:

''you must have more money than sense''

you should have taken it to my man

a small bag of peanuts would have seen it done right.

[syd barrett]

Personally speaking the ONLY place that I would take my Rolex to in Thailand is the approved and official Rolex service centre in Wireless Road.

I've taken mine there once for a service and it came back in perfect order.

There is absolutely no way I would trust anybody else in Thailand with my watch other than here.

At last, a sensible and reasoned response.

Only use qualified service centres, wherever you are in the world.

I had a bad experience with my luxury Swiss watch in Pattaya and it cost 300 GBP to put right. I'm too angry even to think about it.

And that above post about a phoney Phuket Rolex cowboy must stand as a warning to folks here in Thailand with expensive watches.

Thanks for sharing!

its only a reasoned response to you Bean, because he agrees with you

i do however agree with him and the spirit of the advice and how it was given

if you know very little about watches or the skills of the repairer then why take a chance on an unknown?

give it to an AD, bite the bullet and pay the AD price

maybe you should have taken such advise yourself and you would not be feeling so bitter about Pattaya watch repairers in general with no firm knowledge about specific persons and their skills

to quote you on this very thread at post # 15, Mr Bean you said:

''you must have more money than sense''

you should have taken it to my man

a small bag of peanuts would have seen it done right.

Can we agree that whether a Rolex is a good 'timekeeper' or not, they are expensive luxury watches which need expert attention during service and repair.

You are correct, I know nothing about watch repair or servicing at all.

Unless you do (which you do not, because in a previous post you mentioned giving your repaired watch to an expert horologist) then at some stage you 'took a gamble' here in Pattaya. You gambled, that, by word of mouth that he/she was a proficient and honest watch specialist.

As I said. You were lucky.

Am I being foolish when I say "Take your luxury Swiss watches to approved dealers or else risk damage and/or unprofessional attention in any country" ?

You said you would never buy a new Rolex. That is your decision, but buying a 'second-hand' Rolex is fraught with danger especially as you (and I) are neophyte horologists. Bought as seen will be the vendors maxim.

With regards to your somewhat non-sequitur opinions on the non-exclusivity of Rolex, I agree.

Much better to own a Patek, where you never actually own it, you merely look after it for the next generation.

[timekeeper]

Personally speaking the ONLY place that I would take my Rolex to in Thailand is the approved and official Rolex service centre in Wireless Road.

I've taken mine there once for a service and it came back in perfect order.

There is absolutely no way I would trust anybody else in Thailand with my watch other than here.

At last, a sensible and reasoned response.

Only use qualified service centres, wherever you are in the world.

I had a bad experience with my luxury Swiss watch in Pattaya and it cost 300 GBP to put right. I'm too angry even to think about it.

And that above post about a phoney Phuket Rolex cowboy must stand as a warning to folks here in Thailand with expensive watches.

Thanks for sharing!

its only a reasoned response to you Bean, because he agrees with you

i do however agree with him and the spirit of the advice and how it was given

if you know very little about watches or the skills of the repairer then why take a chance on an unknown?

give it to an AD, bite the bullet and pay the AD price

maybe you should have taken such advise yourself and you would not be feeling so bitter about Pattaya watch repairers in general with no firm knowledge about specific persons and their skills

to quote you on this very thread at post # 15, Mr Bean you said:

''you must have more money than sense''

you should have taken it to my man

a small bag of peanuts would have seen it done right.

Can we agree that whether a Rolex is a good 'timekeeper' or not, they are expensive luxury watches which need expert attention during service and repair.

You are correct, I know nothing about watch repair or servicing at all.

Unless you do (which you do not, because in a previous post you mentioned giving your repaired watch to an expert horologist) then at some stage you 'took a gamble' here in Pattaya. You gambled, that, by word of mouth that he/she was a proficient and honest watch specialist.

As I said. You were lucky.

Am I being foolish when I say "Take your luxury Swiss watches to approved dealers or else risk damage and/or unprofessional attention in any country" ?

You said you would never buy a new Rolex. That is your decision, but buying a 'second-hand' Rolex is fraught with danger especially as you (and I) are neophyte horologists. Bought as seen will be the vendors maxim.

With regards to your somewhat non-sequitur opinions on the non-exclusivity of Rolex, I agree.

Much better to own a Patek, where you never actually own it, you merely look after it for the next generation.

au contraire Sydney, old Bean

you say:

''which you do not, because in a previous post you mentioned giving your repaired watch to an expert horologist''

thats a bad assumption Syd and its been reached by a poor route

quite how giving a watch to an expert horologist makes it that i :

''know nothing about watch repair or servicing at all''

my description of him is merely acknowledging his status and indicating to the reader that he was qualified to say wether the work done by the Pattaya monkey on my Rolex was satisfactory or not

in fact Sydney old bean

i am a good deal more qualified than you might imagine but i am certainly not skilled enough to be referred to as even close to being an expert

i do know my own limitations

however for your information, i used to fix simple watch movements as a hobby

i would buy cheap watches at boot sales, strip them down, service them and try to make them work again

i would never attempt a Rolex of course.

although the 3155 is not a complicated movement, you are correct they do need expert attention.

in fact you may not know but seven different oils are using during a service.

its not something i can do anymore, since my Lasik treatment i do not have the very close quarter vision

neccesary to carry out such intricate work

hence my seeking out of this watchmaker after having tried out many in Pattaya on much lesser projects

you didn't imagine i just strolled into his shop, threw my Rolex down on the counter and said fix this did you?

oh, now, i can see that you did think that.

really Sydney, please do not tar me with the same brush as you tarred yourself

i am not that naive.

it took me a long time before i became convinced that he could do the job on my watch

on many occasions, i have sat and watched him at work, i have visited their home, advised them on Thai -Farang relations relating to their business, i have helped him with his english, sorted out computer problems for him and lots lots more

as i said at the beginning of this rather lengthy thread, (which you probably overlooked) i know his whole family, i consider them friends and i hope they think the same of me.

when i wanted him to deal with my Rolex, i made a considered judgement based on what i had observed

luck or gambling was not a factor at all.

it seems to me it was in fact you who took pot luck, rolled the dice and lost out

you now say:

''Take your luxury Swiss watches to approved dealers or else risk damage and/or unprofessional attention in any country"

a classic case of closing the door after the horse has bolted

you seem not to have taken this advise yourself prior with your watch and have had a problem that has made you bitter and twisted about watch repairers in Pattaya and probably in general

buying a second hand Rolex is no more fraught with danger than buying a used car

if you know what you are doing, its actually easier than buying a used car

i have bought and sold many without any problems at all but i agree its not for the faint of heart or uneducated.

so i am sorry Syd you could not be more wrong in your assumptions

i am far from being the neophyte horologist that you judge yourself to be

as to Patek thats simply more marketing blurb, i did actually own a Patek many years ago

but call me mercenary if you must, but i did not keep it for the next generation, my son (worthless shit that he is) prefers a Casio G Shock, so i sold it for a handsome profit.

anyway old Bean

its bean a pleasure but i am getting tired of the subject matter now and its beginning to be something of a pissing contest between two old farts who appear to have little better to do than drone on about material things when in truth on judgement day, it will matter not a jot wether i go to my maker wearing a Rolex or Timex

i am off for a beer and to celebrate life, not watches

have a good one yourself!

[plasticpig]

Knew he was full of shit at the start.

Edited May 16, 2009 by plasticpig

[poetsass]

I work in Iraq and haven't been back to Pattaya since November. Does anyone know if the new mall on Beach Road in Pattaya has a Rolex dealer?

i have had mine serviced in Pattaya many times and always at the same place.

the watchmaker is Rolex certified and i can guarantee you will not get the movement switched

he has all the correct tools and the different types of oil required to service the movement

he carries spare caseback gaskets and a pressure tester to certify its waterproof again after servicing

he has replaced a crystal for me and changed the dial twice

it can be 1000-2000 baht dependant on time taken and any spares required

pm if you want more details

I don't have the liberty of servicing my watch anywhere else or at least anywhere else for another year so where's this shop?

[poetsass]

Would be sensible to send it to the Rolex importers in Wireless Road, BKK.

The only way to guarantee a total service.

I think I may have to do this despite not wanting to spend any time in Bangkok - thanks for advice

[poetsass]

Would anyone except the two posters above seriously consider getting a genuine Rolex watch serviced at a Pattaya jewellers/watchmakers?

I doubt it.

That is rather like handing four thousand pounds to a geezer who doesn't earn that much in a year. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Even a genuine Rolex vendor in the major cities of the world warn against doing that.

I wouldn't trust any watch shop in Pattaya with any watch worth more than 100 GBP end of story.

Plus I wouldn't mind betting that if the two 'satisfied' customers above took their timepiece for inspection at a genuine Rolex service centre following 'attention' in Pattaya, then the specialist would find a whole host of errors and mistakes in work done.

Thanks everyone for the advice, it was a good read. I've decided to take my watch to Wireless road for servicing. By the way, I would love to have both a Patek Philippe or a Vacheron Constantin maybe in the future.

[timekeeper]

Knew he was full of shit at the start.

referring to me, plarseticporker?

as you may recall i was indisposed before but i have flushed all the shit away now

what went down the pan is lot like your opinion; only waste matter and of no value at all

why don't you ask your Mum to turn off the AOL adult filter for you, so that you can Google for something clever and intelligent to say intead of the poor one line responses you always deliver.

[plasticpig]

Just a few extra lines this time for your benefit.

If you bothered to read your own posts, you would realize that it was you that started the Rude, Snobby, insults, with references to human excrement. and arrogant behavior on this thread.,, you, seam to be a very angry man.

You showed yourself up many times over, I can only say thanks for that.. :thumbsup

Also your name dropping was real funny coupled with the clever quotes, did you Google all that.

( you should have changed the Font as it's a bit obvious you cut and pasted that from someplace)

Also your Bs about you owning a Corvette Sting Ray in 1976 was the point where we all knew you are a bit of a paper hat, .an informative one but none the less a paper hat.

Your references to my financial situation was based on what, nothing.

I will tell you this, I earned my fortune a few years back, I don't need to work anymore.

Thank god, 1 was fortunate, but unlike yourself you do, so who's the intelligent one.

As its clear you still need to work getting old watches done up and selling them back home, is that what you do.

BTW as for advice.

Please read post 54, The advice the gentleman says he is taking, guess what it was mine and the same as many other posters gave.

I put the address and phone number there for him as well. But what do I know.

He like the rest of us know you are full of it.

BTW, The guys at the back of the market are great, used them for years.

Now please wined your neck in, ( sorry for the pun)

We have know idea, why you thought you are the only guy to give advice on this thread.

Did we miss something at the start.

( please don't answer that, as I can feel more venomous Poisson coming my way)

BTW, No one likes to be talked down to or lectured. at, that was your real mistake.

Have a nice day.

Edited May 17, 2009 by plasticpig

[canopus1969]

Would be sensible to send it to the Rolex importers in Wireless Road, BKK.

The only way to guarantee a total service.

I think I may have to do this despite not wanting to spend any time in Bangkok - thanks for advice

Would be interested on your experience - time taken, cost etc - when you have your watch back

Cheers

[timekeeper]

Just a few extra lines this time for your benefit.

If you bothered to read your own posts, you would realize that it was you that started the Rude, Snobby, insults, with references to human excrement. and arrogant behavior on this thread.,, you, seam to be a very angry man.

You showed yourself up many times over, I can only say thanks for that.. :thumbsup

Also your name dropping was real funny coupled with the clever quotes, did you Google all that.

( you should have changed the Font as it's a bit obvious you cut and pasted that from someplace)

Also your Bs about you owning a Corvette Sting Ray in 1976 was the point where we all knew you are a bit of a paper hat, .an informative one but none the less a paper hat.

Your references to my financial situation was based on what, nothing.

I will tell you this, I earned my fortune a few years back, I don't need to work anymore.

Thank god, 1 was fortunate, but unlike yourself you do, so who's the intelligent one.

As its clear you still need to work getting old watches done up and selling them back home, is that what you do.

BTW as for advice.

Please read post 54, The advice the gentleman says he is taking, guess what it was mine and the same as many other posters gave.

I put the address and phone number there for him as well. But what do I know.

He like the rest of us know you are full of it.

BTW, The guys at the back of the market are great, used them for years.

Now please wined your neck in, ( sorry for the pun)

We have know idea, why you thought you are the only guy to give advice on this thread.

Did we miss something at the start.

( please don't answer that, as I can feel more venomous Poisson coming my way)

BTW, No one likes to be talked down to or lectured. at, that was your real mistake.

Have a nice day.

thanks for taking the time to string more than a few words together and feel that you are able to speak for everyone on TV

your constant use of the 'we' collective implies you have some support of your opinion here

stange but i do not see it, maybe its the Lasik....

i do applaude your post, it must have taken you many hours to make such a rivetting diatribe (stifles a yawn) especially as you felt it neccesary to add so many childish little characters for visual effect

i can see from the composition of this one, why you did not offer something more substantial before....

howiver bifor you post agin, you mite try speel cheeking evrthng

yor grammmmer, construkshun and speeling are atroshus

your message is just the kind of thing a 34 year old retired ultra successful/wealthy/''made a fortune years ago''/educated business man would write............not

you can bleat on for an eternity about how rich/poor/old/young/arrogant/working/retired i am and how much of a ''silly man'' i am but i do not need to defend myself against you or anyone else.

who appointed you my intellectual supervisor?

if i want to sound off with my opinion, i will do so and no amount of ineffectual, mispelt argument from you will change that

i think you have an over inflated opinion of your input on TV

you have made over a 1000 posts on TV and most consist of no more than 3 words

i think your ego driven message today says a lot more about you than it does me

at the end of the day, dealing with you is mind over matter, i don't mind and you don't matter

p.s. send me your address, your big pointy hat with the D on it is ready

please allow 28 days for delivery.............

Edited May 17, 2009 by timekeeper

[soundman]

Hopefully the OP has his answer in this thread somewhere because it has descended into bickering, name calling & insults.

Closed.