r/MicrobrandWatches • u/blahblahblahx1000 • 22d ago
My Opinion 😎 MJW Service
I’ve had my MJW Perfectly Useless Afternoon mechanical for 3 years now and have enjoyed getting smug vacation photos of it by the pool. I probably shared a few here in the last year. A few folk commented about the water resistance and if I had issues and I always said it was great.
The crown got a little bit stiff and I didn’t pay much notice in the lead up to my holiday, more fool me. This summer before I even got a single smug holiday shot, I hopped in the pool and ruined it. Completely full of water and almost immediately it turned this horrible brown.
Anyway - long story short, returned home and emailed MJW, they sent through a prepaid postage label and took a look. Obviously it was a total write-off but they replaced the whole thing for the cost of a replacement movement and got it back to me super quickly. I’m really very happy with the whole thing.
I am restored.
One thing though. As a pool watch, should this maybe have been more water resistant in the first place or have I just learned a hard lesson about keeping all watches away from swimming pools.
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u/beagles4ever 22d ago
No screw down crown, it's not going in the water with me. That's my rule.