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timelord · 9 May 2013, 01:42 AM

As a layperson in watch repairs, I know that each watchmaker uses a number or code to identify their service to the watch. Is it conventional that the etchings also contain some kind of date in it's code to identify when it was serviced.

Suppose you have a Rolex that has been serviced twice by Rolex service centers and on an odd occasion by an independent watchmaker (not necessarily in that particular order), how is it possible to identify who worked on it at the very last time just by the codes?

b06tmm · 9 May 2013, 01:53 AM

Not sure of the answer, but I once brought a pocket watch in for service that was handed down to me from my grandfather. The guy who serviced it asked me if I would sell it to him as the person that taught him the trade had worked on it at one time.

watch watcher · 9 May 2013, 02:13 AM

Good question. The indy/eBay jeweler that "serviced" mine wrote with a blue felt pen "J", which is meaningless to the lay person.

timelord · 11 May 2013, 01:46 AM

I was wondering if there was any way of chronologically seeing which watchmaker worked on it first and which worked on it last?

Alexus · 11 May 2013, 02:01 AM

nope. unless it's clear of the marks... There are no roules f.e. the first marks it on the left upper corner the next in the middle an so on...)

9 May 2013, 01:42 AM	#1
timelord "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Margate Watch: your back Posts: 324	service etching codes in case backs? As a layperson in watch repairs, I know that each watchmaker uses a number or code to identify their service to the watch. Is it conventional that the etchings also contain some kind of date in it's code to identify when it was serviced. Suppose you have a Rolex that has been serviced twice by Rolex service centers and on an odd occasion by an independent watchmaker (not necessarily in that particular order), how is it possible to identify who worked on it at the very last time just by the codes?

11 May 2013, 01:46 AM	#4
timelord "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Margate Watch: your back Posts: 324	Maybe, my question was not clear. I was wondering if there was any way of chronologically seeing which watchmaker worked on it first and which worked on it last?

11 May 2013, 02:01 AM	#5
Alexus "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Real Name: Alex Location: Switzerland Watch: SD/PAM74/ExII/SRSD Posts: 393	nope. unless it's clear of the marks... There are no roules f.e. the first marks it on the left upper corner the next in the middle an so on...) __________________ The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. Pearl.S.Buck

9 May 2013, 01:53 AM	#2
b06tmm "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Real Name: Tim Location: South Shore Posts: 834	Not sure of the answer, but I once brought a pocket watch in for service that was handed down to me from my grandfather. The guy who serviced it asked me if I would sell it to him as the person that taught him the trade had worked on it at one time.

9 May 2013, 02:13 AM	#3
watch watcher "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ME Watch: Vintages Posts: 565	Good question. The indy/eBay jeweler that "serviced" mine wrote with a blue felt pen "J", which is meaningless to the lay person.

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