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!
It’s never been a big part of my purchase decision, but I am aware of the ball park cost of servicing for the watches that I buy. All the watches that I have purchased have servicing costs that I wouldn’t mind too much paying. Watches with too high servicing costs are too expensive for me to purchase in the first place.