My Geophysic stopped working after 30 months and was serviced this spring. The time off-wrist was inconvenient but I was fine with paying the cost of repair because I figured it was due for a check up.
A few months ago it fell off my wrist because the stainless pin in the buckle had worn and failed. JLC should probably have caught that and prevented it at the time of service.
I understand the nature of these watches so I shipped it back for repair again with a shoulder shrug...the estimate is seven weeks / $650 for a stainless steel pin. If we were talking about the movement, that might make sense but does such a repair even require skilled labor?
The additional cost is obnoxious but more importantly, I'm learning to live without the watch. Can you think of another product where so much downtime is acceptable? The time in service amounts to a quarter of 2019 and 11% of my period of ownership.
A few months ago it fell off my wrist because the stainless pin in the buckle had worn and failed. JLC should probably have caught that and prevented it at the time of service.
I understand the nature of these watches so I shipped it back for repair again with a shoulder shrug...the estimate is seven weeks / $650 for a stainless steel pin. If we were talking about the movement, that might make sense but does such a repair even require skilled labor?
The additional cost is obnoxious but more importantly, I'm learning to live without the watch. Can you think of another product where so much downtime is acceptable? The time in service amounts to a quarter of 2019 and 11% of my period of ownership.