I paid $47 for the flat rate USPS shipping with tracking and $200 of insurance (from Austin to Munich). Not cheap.
I get how ~ $100 in round trip shipping may not be worth it.
In my case, I’m repairing a couple of heirloom watches. My grandfather used to buy Russian movements from the 1950s to the 1970s, and used them in his own watch brands.
These Russian movements are bulletproof. Classic Soviet-era engineering. Both of my watches have never been serviced. One still runs well!
There’s a #poljot specialist in Munich who repairs them:
https://www.poljot24.de/en/repair
I just sent him two watches to be repaired.
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