FP Journe annual calendar general service, no parts - USD2500 Patek world timer general service, no parts - USD1200 IWC doppelchronograph general service, date wheel change - USD570 with 2 year warantee and returned with a new box to boot! Hidden costs in owning watches isn't trivial.
Not a good thing to hear, at these kinds of prices. And I understand coatings cannot be repaired nor polished. Andrew's article on the RM035 here says: " ... the alloy is coated with magnesium and aluminium crystalline oxide ceramic (otherwise called ‘spinels’). The spinels are actually
It's obvious you are rather upset with the conflicting instructions in the manual. Don't be, just disregard the over-safety-conscious manual and enjoy the watch. It's pretty obvious that it's not so fragile that wearing it will break the watch or else there will be a lot of complaints on watch sites
If you have more than a few watches you NEED a winding solution. Preferably one that uses AC and not battery so you can switch the winder to always on and use power control adaptor plugs to switch the winder on and off very precisely. So far battery operated winders are pretty generic and I haven't