I am new to watch collecting and I am eying a relatively expensive timepiece for myself. The cost of the watch is already pretty high for me and I noticed that the manufacturer recommends servicing once every 5 to 8 years and that the cost of the servicing is about 10% of the total cost of the timepiece. My question for you is if the cost of maintenance/servicing should be a consideration in the budget to buy a watch or are these estimates largely inflated and aren’t necessary as much as the manufacturer recommends? Thanks!
Not really. If i struggle with the servicing costs of a watch then i probably shouldn’t even be buying it in the first place. And i don’t follow the regular service intervals, i tend to service only when something is seriously wrong.