[time-nuts] Tool Needed to Access my Timer Battery

[Bill S]

As an aside to the watch repair business, a large number of brands 
primarily Swiss, will no longer supply parts to watchmakers. This has 
become a big issue among the independent watch repairers in the US. It 
really is an issue of restraint of trade but is currently unresolved.  
Though not exclusively, the makers refusing to supply parts are the 
higher end makers. In order to get your Patek Phillipe repaired for 
example, you must bring it to an authorized Patek dealer who then 
(usually) will send it to a central repair location. The cost of repair 
is substantially higher under those circumstances. A list of makers 
refusing to supply parts to independent repairers can be found here:

http://www.ccwatchmaker.com/restrictedbrands.html

Bill S