take it to the local jeweller, or buy the kit online (£7) and do it myself forever more?
Depends if you want it to be guaranteed waterproof or not.
I used Timpsons on my local high street....took a few minutes and they guaranteed it waterproof again afterwards....cost a tenner i think, depends how much your watch is worth to you i suppose?
my jewellers wanted silly money for a Polaris watch £40 5 yrs ago (it was Henley on Thames though)!!!
Did it myself.... and the sound stopped working 🙁
Luckily I found another Polaris watch on the ground when out for a ride last year 🙂
I do it myself (battery for a quid) but my watches are pretty much all cheap and nasty. Never had any waterproofing issues - swim and shower with them on...
I don't tend to wear my watch anywhere where waterproofing is an issue.
watch isn't especially valuable financially, but it is a bit sentimentally.
£10 seems a bit steep though...
Had a go on my G-Shock last year, couldn't be that difficult, could it? Managed to drop something very small on the floor, ended up with a mute watch. Will pay next time to get it done.
Automatic watches FTW
Sick of paying silly money for batteries.
Timpson's wanted £20 to do my Tissot. When he quoted me the price, he looked up the brand - not the battery type. Considering the batteries cost less than a quid and it takes less than 5 minutes to do, its extortion!
I have a decent seiko and do it myself - hasn't leaked so far. really not into sending it off for 3 weeks and paying £60
he quoted me the price, he looked up the brand
Different brand = harder to get into, different requirements re: waterproofing, maybe? </speculation>