Messages: 902 Location: Michigan
Registered: July 2005
Rolex Service Question .. Case re-finishing
Thu, 07 February 2019 11:37
In your experience....When Rolex services a vintage Tudor and re-finishes a case.. Do they restore to factory finish.. Do they polish in new chamfers on the edge of the lugs also(as seen below)... Does the finish look like fresh from factory as new?
Messages: 457 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Registered: September 2004
Honestly... I would not touch that....
Thu, 07 February 2019 12:22
always better to have the crisp original (even if a little dinged up) chamfers than a polished version when talking vintage. The more polishing the thinner the lugs get and the more likely they will not match each other. If I were you I would leave it with the OEM finish.
Messages: 1768 Location: MA.USA
Registered: May 2006
Re: Rolex Service Question .. Case re-finishing
Thu, 07 February 2019 13:33
I once had a Tudor " Big Block " chrnograph from the 70's re-finised to it's original brushed finish and mine was much more dinged up that the one in your photo. Long story short, when it came back from the New York RSC it was virtually indistiguisable from the day I'd bought it.
Messages: 902 Location: Michigan
Registered: July 2005
Clarification
Thu, 07 February 2019 14:46
Ok.. the photo is an example or chamfers and not my actual watch... The one I am buying has been polished and only slightly shows any chamfers. I am guessing that the advice is still the same.. I always follow the no polishing rule, but im addicted to chamfer's now. I was wondering if i could bring them back easily.
