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Originally Posted by shirtguy
whats the difference between a service and regulation?
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A regulation is when the watch is regulated to improve accuracy. Usually the fee for performing ranges from free to as high as $50, with $20 being typical. It takes about 10 minutes to accomplish. This is more on regulation courtesy of Sheldon:
http://www.minus4plus6.com/regulation.htm
A service is where the watchmaker tears your watch completely down, cleans everything in a cleaner designed for such things, and then inspects each part and replaced those that are worn and replaces some as standard practice such as main spring. It is about a 5 hour job so with labor and parts is in the order of $400. Usually they will polish the case and bracelet which will run another $100.