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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrCat" data-source="post: 28259616" data-attributes="member: 38575">"My opinion is for chronographs it is always good to go high-end or avoid automatics due to high failure rate and high service cost."  >> this is exactly right and I agree a 100%.  Where I live, a mechanical watch service can easily cost more than a cheap movement (sometimes even a watch) itself.  It doesn't make much sense to use cheaper mechanical automatics due to this, especially when they are not much accurate as well (something like Seiko 4R36 time tolerance is +45 / -35 seconds a day compared to a 2 seconds a day accuracy of a base Rolex movement).Apparently there`s also a shortage of proper watch makers all over the world. Rolex even closed down their service centre in Sydney Australia. Service duration/time estimates for most swiss brands are few weeks to months these days!!Didn't know about the "Seagull" brand at all, that`s interesting..</blockquote>

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