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12 June 2014, 09:23 PM | #1 |
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Flip a BLNR... For a BLNR...?
I'm going to start out with this because I know I am weird.
Right now my just about year old BLNR is at RSC NY getting red lint fibers removed from under the crystal, and a new hand because of some foreign object in the lume. I dropped it off, spoke to a watch maker who was very understanding, etc. They have been calling me daily with updates and have been all around great people to work with. We will see when I get the watch back but so far I am very pleased with the service. But the OCD in me feels like the integrity of the watch (or something) is compromised. Like, somehow because it's been cracked open and there a replacement hand, that it's....tainted? Of course I haven't gotten the watch back, and I have been a chronic flipper in the past of Omegas, never holding one to service, so I am in new territory. I've considered flipping the BLNR, only to buy it back new. Am I crazy? Has anyone ever done this? I mean, any other watch prob wouldn't be opened for a few years anyway, but it would be opened eventually.... and this is a piece that I want to keep for a lifetime, so it will undergo multiple services. Plus, I am sure it'll look amazing and am sure that the performance (PR, accuracy, etc.) will be the same too. |
12 June 2014, 09:25 PM | #2 | |
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Sounds to me like you enjoy flipping more than wearing Best of luck!
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12 June 2014, 09:25 PM | #3 |
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Put the money towards another watch
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12 June 2014, 10:03 PM | #4 |
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Imo keep the BLNR, when it returns from RSC. It should be good as new, fixed hands, clean crystal. Give it some time and if you still feel like flipping it, you might not lose much.
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12 June 2014, 10:12 PM | #5 |
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Don't!
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12 June 2014, 10:20 PM | #6 |
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You're crazy. Remember, you asked.
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12 June 2014, 10:20 PM | #7 |
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Dont do it put money towards something else
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12 June 2014, 10:22 PM | #8 |
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You know that opening that case back could potentially allow bad air into the watch. Sell it ASAP.
J/K... Toying with your OCD!!! Smile |
12 June 2014, 10:34 PM | #9 |
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O my gosh it's only a watch. It will be fine. I can understand want to have it right but the RSC will make it right so don't fret.
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12 June 2014, 10:40 PM | #10 |
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I'll give you $6k for the watch, afterall, you have compromised it by opening it.
See how crazy that sounds? Just enjoy it, sounds like a lot of unnecessary work. |
12 June 2014, 10:42 PM | #11 |
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Makes sense to me... More important, how did red lint fibers get under the crystal?
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12 June 2014, 10:45 PM | #12 | |
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In other words, the new BLNR might just have blue lint beneath crystal and something even funnier inside that you wouldn't know about until it began loosing 30 secs./day? Just sayin'...
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12 June 2014, 10:49 PM | #13 |
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Yes your crazy.
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12 June 2014, 10:49 PM | #14 |
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that sounds silly to me.
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A man should stand by his watch.
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12 June 2014, 10:50 PM | #16 |
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Don't do it
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12 June 2014, 10:58 PM | #17 |
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12 June 2014, 11:08 PM | #18 |
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Keep it
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12 June 2014, 11:17 PM | #19 |
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Sends me the $1500+ that you'll lose doing this and I'll make you feel better about your decision not to do it!
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12 June 2014, 11:23 PM | #20 |
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But it will not have Swiss air inside anymore!
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12 June 2014, 11:28 PM | #21 |
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When your watch comes back it will be EXACTLY the same as a new one. Pointless. Keep the one you have and enjoy it.
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12 June 2014, 11:50 PM | #22 |
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you talk about the watch being compromised.... when your watch gets serviced at the 5-7 intervals or whenever you decide to send it in, they completely disassemble it and put it back together, does this make any watch that has been serviced compromised?
like others have said keep the watch it's crazy to lose that much money for the exact same watch. It will be good as new when you get it back so put it on your wrist enjoy it until service time. and you're also crazy haha but you asked =) |
12 June 2014, 11:55 PM | #23 |
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Makes no sense.
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13 June 2014, 12:10 AM | #24 |
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I understand how you feel, but this watch will be tip top so no worries
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13 June 2014, 12:16 AM | #25 |
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Personally, I think an almost new watch that has been serviced and has had its single problem addressed, is a safer bet than a new unknown watch.
Kind of like a year-old certified pre-owned car - the bugs have been fixed and it's still under warranty. Keep it. It sounds like your real issue is that you love flipping. |
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13 June 2014, 12:42 AM | #28 |
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The BLNR is not your teenage daughter, it's just a watch.
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13 June 2014, 01:09 AM | #29 |
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So odd that the Swiss go to such lengths to sell the idea that these things are built by human hands and then we have owners that don't want them opened and touched.
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13 June 2014, 01:34 AM | #30 |
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Please don't take this the wrong way, but you need to seek a psychiatrist. ASAP
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