ben10ben posted:Wow, didn't realize this would stir up a hornets nest.
First of all, a watch losing a couple of minutes a day is well beyond what can be regulated out using the regulator. It needs some attention-there's likely a lot more going on.
Not sure if you were talking about my watch or not, but it's a minute or so over the course of a week, not every day. Obviously I'd be more concerned if it was losing that much time in a day.
Thanks for all the information everybody, it's definitely helped give me some resources to look towards to get my watch serviced. I'd prefer to not pay twice what I purchased the watch for, even if they do amazing work, as I just don't have the money for that. I have a $30 timex that works just fine in its place. It's simply for the appearance aspect as I work in a museum setting. I feel more in place with the pocket watch than my wrist watch. This is especially true knowing that there are reputable repair-people that do great work for much less. My watch definitely isn't pristine, which is why I bought it over the mint condition one the seller also had. It's not a collectors item, it's in every day use in the pocket of my overalls on days I'm scheduled as the engineer, so obviously I'm just looking for a basic servicing, not a full on restoration. I'm going to look into the link to Rob Carter that Steve posted. He appears to have reasonable prices for the basic work I need.
Obviously my watch runs, I just highly doubt it's had a proper servicing since it's last owner that used it (not the seller I bought it from, who stated it would need a tuneup).
