Speaking of fancy schmancy automatics...
Today I went to a jeweler/watch repair shop for what I thought was a simple repair: change a quartz mvmt. in a Lorus watch. I even had the new mvmt. in hand and had called ahead two days before to inquire if the repairman did such things & was assured so. The counter lady was a peach, but the repairman treated me basically as a serf. He told me that he didn't work on quartz watches and regardless his rate was $125 per hr.
Well, lah dee freakin' dah! I was impressed!! I told him that I hadn't owned a winding watch since I was a kid and left.
I am sorry, but evidently this dandy has all the money he needs and like a high dollar call girl cannot be troubled with the needs of the "unwashed masses". This is why I hate getting a watch fixed as there are no general repairmen anymore. I understand that quartz did to the automatics what the automobile did to the horse, so few if any repairs are needed. That said, I am buying a cheap toolkit and will do it myself. I wil never submit myself to that BS ever again......nor ever own another automatic watch. Rant over.