In June of 2010, I left my 42 year old Girard-Perregaux watch w/ Service Jewelry for repair. I had felt something inside the watch snap as I was performing its daily winding. I received the watch as a gift from in June of 1969 and wore it almost continually for over forty years. I was charged almost $300.00 to clean and repair this watch. I was reluctant to pay that much for repair but it was a family heirloom & of a unique design. I picked the watch up approx. 4 weeks later and found that the watch would only run about 8 hours between windings. It normally ran for over 24 hours before the repair. I returned the it to the store & it was sent back to the shop. After 3 cancer operations I picked it up on 11-2-10. I was told that it ran 18 hrs between winding & it had a safety inside to prevent overwinding. This is lie, it is as it was earlier. WARNING - DO TAKE ANY WIND UP WATCH TO SERVICE FOR REPAIR, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON STAFF THAT KNOWS HOW TO WIND A WATCH MUCH LESS REPAIR ONE