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Maybe not allowed,? but after returning back to this , i cant seem to find some sort of current price list, i am certainly not going to use my old pricelist from the 80's, does anyone have a suggestion?  have someone who wants me to do their stores work ( their watchmaker passed) ,which i did through the late 70's through the 90's , now after several eye operations i think i am ready, thanks for your response!!I 

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5 minutes ago, rob1crazydude said:

Maybe not allowed,? but after returning back to this , i cant seem to find some sort of current price list, i am certainly not going to use my old pricelist from the 80's, does anyone have a suggestion?  have someone who wants me to do their stores work ( their watchmaker passed) ,which i did through the late 70's through the 90's , now after several eye operations i think i am ready, thanks for your response!!I 

Just Google watch servicing.  A local Canadian watchmaker

 

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I'm shocked by these prices. I could completely strip down a manual wind and have it finished within 40 minutes. At these prices I could have been a millionaire.🤣 OK yes I know I switched to high grade clocks. Anyone got a price list for clocks or can you tell me what the charges are these days. I have a few that need repairing which I have been putting off for a few years and I need to know how much to charge my self. One is a French strike on a bell, French Timepiece and a Georgian bracket fusee chime on a peal of bells which I bought about 5 months ago.  

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6 hours ago, jdrichard said:

These prices are more like it

Those prices still do seem a bit Low to me, especially if you end up having to change parts. How many watches do they manage to do in a day? The amount of time you can end up sinking into a simple manual wind can end up very large if it’s a ladies movement which are harder to do.

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3 hours ago, HectorLooi said:

Just out of curiosity, what are the going prices for servicing tuning fork watches like Bulova Accutrons, Omega f300s, etc?

Don’t most watchmakers reject those? Because they can’t get parts and/or aren’t familiar with them.

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