The unofficial Rolex Band Restoration Manual

[jolimont]

update- just received email from MY to send it to his office address

[jim7016]

Same here. Will be sending it to him just trying to figure best way to ship(USPS , ups, fed ex or whatever) and lo how much insurance to buy since it is a 18KT/SS jubilee bracelet. The Rolex AD said to replace the bracelet by them would be $3500. So should I insure it for $3500? Response by others on this would be appreciated.Here is a picture of mine that will be shipped to him.

[Smartyjones18]

I had shipped 2 bands to MY by FedEx without insurance, but im from singapore. it was a solid gold DD and a jubilee bracelet.

[nwmgc]

Just got my rose and stainless jubilee (from my 1966 1601) back! Absolutely superb work. Thank you so much!

[Walter Wharton]

Dear Members,

I said I would update you as regards my Rolex Bracelet which I sent to Michael Young in Hong Kong

Well I received my bracelet in the mail from FedEx this morning I am very impressed with the result as it was and is a very old bracelet.

I will try and post pictures this took about 6 weeks from door to door and I was kept informed at all times so I have no complaints

Kind regards

Walter Wharton

[218225]

As the quality of work seems to be excellent and MK is a reputable contact I'm also considering sending in my watch band for restauration, I was wondering if his delivery time is still between 6 and 8 weeks.

Regards

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[THC]

Hello all .. I am in Mandeville La. (30 miles north of New Orleans) and tomorrow I am sending my President band to MY and like most I am nervous about shipping roughly 70 grams of 18k gold across the globe, but I hate looking at my stretched band more...lol
Cannot wait to post my own glowing review upon it's return..

[Mark020]

Originally Posted by 218225

As the quality of work seems to be excellent and MK is a reputable contact I'm also considering sending in my watch band for restauration, I was wondering if his delivery time is still between 6 and 8 weeks.

Count on 8-10 weeks nowadays. He's pretty busy.

[THC]

Thanks Mark.. Worth it... will do

[MUCCI416]

Originally Posted by Walter Wharton

Dear Members,

I said I would update you as regards my Rolex Bracelet which I sent to Michael Young in Hong Kong

Well I received my bracelet in the mail from FedEx this morning I am very impressed with the result as it was and is a very old bracelet.

I will try and post pictures this took about 6 weeks from door to door and I was kept informed at all times so I have no complaints

Kind regards

Walter Wharton

Walter I have a similar bracelet and was wondering what you paid to get your looking so nice :)

[mikkibarry]

I sent two bracelets to Michael Young in April. I still don't have them back.

[MUCCI416]

I just got my 3 SS model bracelets back...He charged $120 each plus $28 to ship them back, he included 8 spring bars and the entire process took a month in total with numerous emails back and forth with no problems whatsoever

[southtexas]

I sent my 14k jubilee off my heirloom 1503 (my grandfather gave me his watch a few weeks ago). It is a little stretched so I'm anxious to see what MK can do with it. He confirmed receipt of it on Monday so the clock has started. He estimated 2-3 months. He has his work cut out for him!


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[southtexas]

Originally Posted by mikkibarry

I sent two bracelets to Michael Young in April. I still don't have them back.

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[bplein]

Originally Posted by mikkibarry

I sent two bracelets to Michael Young in April. I still don't have them back.

Are you in email contact with him to check on the progress?

[domenick512]

that's a lot of stretch. Overall, it looks like a great piece. I can't wait to see it when repaired.

[mikkibarry]

Originally Posted by bplein

Are you in email contact with him to check on the progress?

First email was in April saying it was received. Next was in August when I asked what was up, which was responded to 2 days later saying that one was finished and the other was being worked on. I sent an email 10/22 to ask what was going on with the other one, which was not responded to. Just resent that one.

[Oryx]

very informative - thank you

[southtexas]

michael_ck_young@hotmail.com

Just FYI--This is the email he used when responding to me a few days ago.


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[MUCCI416]

Originally Posted by southtexas

michael_ck_young@hotmail.com

Just FYI--This is the email he used when responding to me a few days ago.


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Ditto

[Poohsan]

Hi Michael,
I live in Hong Kong and I can wait to stop in and see your shop.

All the best,
Arron

[mikkibarry]

UPDATE: Michael apparently had difficulty with my email being put in his spam folder. I hate spam....

Received the TT Yachtmaster bracelet today. It's really nice! Fabulous work. I'm afraid to put it on the watch because I might scratch it :-)

One more out there. It's a folded link from about 1960 or so. Apparently it needs laser welding and will take more time. That's fine with me since I know.

Thank you Mr. Young!

[JCW1980]

I sent my 78360 to MY in September, and received it back in excellent condition in November. These pics show the extent of the stretch before and after. Very happy with the work!

[rmurphy]

Well this post did it for me, I bought a brand new 93250 SEL band about a year ago and haven't put it on my 16610 as of yet, but after my visit to Rikki D on Dec. 3rd I'm going to have him put my new one on and replace my crystal and then I'm going to ship my original 93250 band to Hong Kong. To many good reviews and results not to, especially keeping in mind how good of shape my original is In still, I expect it'll look just as new as my new one. Thanks for the great update to this thread. It just made my mind up for me. Gotta love TRF !!!!


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[dbhickam]

Michael Young did fantastic work on my father's TT DJ jubilee band. I sent Michael his band on Nov 8th and we just got it yesterday (Nov 29th). My father says he hadn't seen his band this tight in 30 years! And the price.... Getting a new band would have been 10x the price of Michael's restoration. Bravo Michael! Thank you TRF for introducing me to this service.


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[KarlFr]

Two years ago I sent MichaelYoung 2 bracelets, one was a rivet for my vintage Bond sub worth 1000-1500USD. According to MY the package had been cut open and robbed at the Hong Kong Post office.
Since the package wasn´t lost, simply robbed/emptied, the recipient (MY) had to file a claim for the insurance, never done, and I lost my 2 bracelets and couldn´t get an insurance claim.
I lost a lot of money sending bracelets to you, sorry but never ever doing that again.

[enhamhale]

It's fantastic we have got people that can keep these time pieces going BRILLIANT

[Jim Smyth]

Hello Michael, since we all love our watches and love to keep them looking good we really appreciate your work in progress pics. Any chance of seeing a Gold President bracelet being reworked? I am curious to see what the center links look like when they are worn.

TIA, Jim

[JCW1980]

Originally Posted by KarlFr

Two years ago I sent MichaelYoung 2 bracelets, one was a rivet for my vintage Bond sub worth 1000-1500USD. According to MY the package had been cut open and robbed at the Hong Kong Post office.
Since the package wasn´t lost, simply robbed/emptied, the recipient (MY) had to file a claim for the insurance, never done, and I lost my 2 bracelets and couldn´t get an insurance claim.
I lost a lot of money sending bracelets to you, sorry but never ever doing that again.

When I sent my bracelet to Michael about three months ago, there were a lot of shenanigans at the delivery end with the HK post office. Long story short, it took about two days to go from Texas to Hong Kong and about 2 weeks to get from the HK post office to Michael. I was pretty nervous about it the whole time, but in the end I got my bracelet back in excellent condition.

I've read many excellent reviews of Michael's work, and had a good experience myself, but it still seems like a heck of a risk though. If I do this a second time, I think I'll be even more nervous knowing what I know now.

[pensbay]

Will sendo my jubilee bracelet soon...