I received a call from Geoff Allnut on Friday. The news wasn’t good…
“I’ve taken the back off and can see that the watch has a Chinese movement. I can’t get spares for these in the UK, so suggest you send it back to ReedsCo in Singapore”
Geoff liked the look of the watch but felt that the Chinese movements are not as well made as the Swiss ones. When I asked about how difficult it was to retro-fit a Swiss movement in to the watch, Geoff said “very”.
So back to Plan A. Reed is happy to repair the watch and I’ll send it to him over the next few days.
Update – 26th June 2010
The watch has been back to Reed and returned. Apart from a very minor glitch that happens when setting the time, where the hands move as you screw the crown down (this only happens very occasionally), the watch has been running reliably and keeping perfect time.
Overall, great service from Reed and (in the end) a very good, working watch that gets plenty of positive comments.
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