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<<<Alright guys, here's an update.
The person I spoke to was not a run of the mill sales associate at a showroom, she had introduced herself as a manager at the local RCS. I'm Korean myself so there was no language barrier. But the more I thought about it, the more I began to doubt whether I got all the facts straight from my exchange with the RCS rep. So I decided to give them a call again just now to make sure there's no confusion.
And here is a summary of my conversation with the same rep(manager) while memory is still fresh, the giant caveat here being all of the below are true AS FAR AS THEY KNOW:
- Yes, according to the policy that they have received, repair of Tudor in-house movements is to be done via movement replacement.
- This policy applies not only to North Flag, but for Pelagos and Black Bay with in-house movments as well.
- ETA-based Tudor watches are serviceable at local RCS branches, so they are not subject to this replacement policy.
- (Again, as far as they know) this replacement policy is not a temporary exception but rather something that has been put into place.
Okay, so they seem to be pretty sure about movement repairs being done through replacement only. And about the cost of these replacements out of warranty:
- The cost of movement replacement that was shared before (roughly $1,300) refers to repair that is done when 50% or more of the existing movement is destroyed. They do not believe this is the cost of simple repair out of warranty, even if the entire movement must be replaced -- hinting at a tiered cost structure based on the severity of malfunction.
- For perspective, I asked what the cost of removing 'foreign matter' from my watch out of warranty would have been. They did not have this information and said they would get back to me.
They are going by what's been shared from corporate, so details are missing here and there. I'm not posting this with the intention of getting a bandwagon going. I just wanted to get to the bottom of how this policy affects our Tudor ownership, and perhaps hear from a few others with similar/different experience.
I still haven't picked up my watch and the RCS rep will be contacting me, so I'll be waiting for them to confirm with their corporate regarding out of warranty replacement policies in the meantime. >>>>