{"id":6625,"date":"2022-08-20T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T10:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknonwatchco.com\/decryptage-du-cout-dentretien-dune-montre-bracelet\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T10:30:50","slug":"decryptage-du-cout-dentretien-dune-montre-bracelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknonwatchco.com\/fr\/decryptage-du-cout-dentretien-dune-montre-bracelet\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9cryptage du co\u00fbt d’entretien d’une montre-bracelet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Les montres sont les meilleures amies des hommes ! But when purchasing a watch, servicing and maintenance is seldom part of the decision making process.<\/p>\n

Most will consider the brand recognition, the prestige that comes from wearing branded watches, the inclination over a mechanical movement Vs a quartz, the design of the watch and of course the price!<\/p>\n

Not all can manage or wish to burn through thousands of USD \/ EUR into a luxury timepiece!<\/p>\n

While in particular of these variables are obviously significant, many watch owners sometimes discover with astonishment the repair or servicing cost that comes with it.<\/p>\n

Similarly to a luxury car, the repair and maintenance can bring their share of surprises but unlike cars, the vast majority don’t consider the expense of the servicing when it boils down to watches.<\/p>\n

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How often is servicing needed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Well, there is no straight answer, but we will try to shade some lights: Firstly, it relies mostly on your movement. Quartz or Mechanical?<\/p>\n

Most quartz movements (with the exception of the Kinetic movement), the battery requires to be changed at regular intervals: usually 2 years. As a general rule, this activity can be accomplished effectively and at sensible expense.<\/p>\n

Be that as it may, opening the back case of your watch will also entail changing the gasket to ensure water resistance is preserved. In addition, some brands also recommend servicing the movement.<\/p>\n

What does that mean: Like a car engine needs oil, your watch movement require lubrication as well.<\/p>\n

After a few years, the oil loses its propriety and thickens. It is thus advised to clean the old oil and replace it with new one.<\/p>\n

In comparison, the recommendation for a mechanical watch servicing is 4 to 5 years. Similarly, the same typology of servicing applies.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the breakdown of regular servicing (Men’s watch or Women’s watch):<\/h2>\n

Change of battery \u2013 (Quartz only)<\/p>\n

Replacing the gaskets (Crown + Back Case + Crystal)<\/p>\n

Movement cleaning (requires more time for automatic watches) and change of oil<\/p>\n

Cleaning and polishing of the case \/ bracelet (optional = approx. 200 \u2013 300 USD\/ EUR)<\/p>\n

Test of water Resistance<\/p>\n

Test of accuracy (mechanical movement only)<\/p>\n

Shipping to \/ from the Service Center<\/p>\n

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While any decent watchmaker can perform these operations, it may be more problematic to obtain the replacement gasket \/ parts by the brands.<\/p>\n

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Why is servicing so expensive?<\/h2>\n

The more complex is the movement, the more costly it will be: a Chronograph automatic watch will be more costly to service than a regular classic watch with 3 hands date.<\/p>\n

For a long time, repair and maintenance used to be an afterthought for the brands. The Swiss watch industry, in the mid-2000, started realizing that this was a strategic aspect of the business they had neglected for years.<\/p>\n

It progressively became a key ingredient to their business and have decided to treat the servicing as a profit center. They started limiting the number of points of repairs \/ servicing so as to impose higher cost of maintenance on their watches, supplying only their authorized repair network with spare parts.<\/p>\n

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The cost of servicing your watch has now become progressively expensive. It is not uncommon that brands require to ship the watch to their HQ for the servicing, even for a regular servicing.<\/p>\n

When adding the polishing, your maintenance cost can easily amount to 700 \u2013 1000 USD \/ EUR<\/p>\n

The cost of servicing for most Swiss brands (even for the entry price range brands) is on average 400 – 700 USD \/ EUR. This sum can sometimes represent half of the price of the watch!! And this is without any potential repair cost in the event they discover that some parts need to be replaced once the watch is open.<\/p>\n

Evidently, the higher the retail price of the watch, the higher the cost of servicing so for famous brands the servicing of mechanical watches climb to 800 – 1500 USD\/EUR on average.<\/p>\n

One more miserable perspective to this servicing business is the time necessary for the brands to service your watch. It can easily take between 2 to 3 months.<\/p>\n

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Que se passe-t-il si je n’entretiens pas ma montre ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Si vous n’entretenez pas votre montre correctement et r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, vous la mettrez \u00e0 la retraite pr\u00e9matur\u00e9ment. De nombreuses choses peuvent se produire :<\/p>\n