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Rolex parts have been restricted for many many years. But this is a blow for sure. I personally have no interest in aligning myself with a particular brand, e.g. Rolex accreditation - or Breitling. But the worry is the potential magnitude of this problem as most of the watches I work on (must be 99%) are using swatch group movements. There are some good replica movements out there and maybe they will get better. But thats not to be relied on. At the moment its getting very hard to find certain parts for vintage calibre chronographs, but I still take them on and I often end up sourcing parts from Australia, USA, Netherlands etc. etc.. this is how it will be if parts for 7750's and 2824's and 2892's etc dry up. These calibres have been around for years and years and so there is an abundance of stock to be had and from a selfish point of view I hope there will be until I retire. The real problem is with new calibres where there has never been parts issued - thats where watch repairers will have to refuse to take on the work IMO. And the Swatch Group - if they were not in Switzerland would this be legal, I think not!