The future-service viability caveat seems to be in line with other disclaimers seen on, e.g., the Seiko Service Center USA website:
"Please know that service for older, discontinued calibers may not be possible if movement parts are no longer available. Final determination will be made upon watchmaker inspection."
The future-service viability caveat seems to be in line with other disclaimers seen on, e.g., the Seiko Service Center USA website:
"Please know that service for older, discontinued calibers may not be possible if movement parts are no longer available. Final determination will be made upon watchmaker inspection."
Which is not to gainsay the quality of the service provided here! Having gone down the rabbit hole of finding rare and OOP parts for a King Seiko 4502-7000 (keyless works, click spring, crystal, etc.) in concert with a *very* patient independent watchmaker—a search which ranged far and wide but was ultimately successful—I understand the Mothership's reluctance to even hint at guaranteeing their ability to offer further successful repairs given the dearth of spare fiddly bits with which to make any given vintage watch run like new.
The future-service viability caveat seems to be in line with other disclaimers seen on, e.g., the Seiko Service Center USA website:
"Please know that service for older, discontinued calibers may not be possible if movement parts are no longer available. Final determination will be made upon watchmaker inspection."
Which is not to gainsay the quality of the service provided here! Having gone down the rabbit hole of finding rare and OOP parts for a King Seiko 4502-7000 (keyless works, click spring, crystal, etc.) in concert with a *very* patient independent watchmaker—a search which ranged far and wide but was ultimately successful—I understand the Mothership's reluctance to even hint at guaranteeing their ability to offer further successful repairs given the dearth of spare fiddly bits with which to make any given vintage watch run like new.