Extremely bad, dishonest and unprofessional customer treatment
I have been a happy owner of a Breitling watch in my collection for several years and I have always been very satisfied with its flawless performance. It has been purchased at Hvelplund and consequently always without exception been serviced by Hvelplund in Copenhagen. I only wear it occasionally as I have other favourite watches in my collection. In fact I have not worn it for the last three years at all due to living and working abroad. Nevertheless, when changing the battery today, I was informed that something inside of the watch had broken….. allegedly by itself. 3 years ago when changing the battery last time, a mayor repair was also needed. At that time I believed Hvelplund and agreed to a “repair” but now I have lost all confidence in that company. Confronted with that, It was suggested by Hvelplund that the defect was due to me having visited an unauthorised dealer and had him tamper with the watch. I assured the clerk that this was not the case. I was then asked dismissively to present my old receipts from my visits to Hvelplund. I responded ; “what will that prove”?
I am not use to having my honesty questioned - certainly not by a much younger and fairly ignorant female clerk so, highly irritated, I did actually manage to find my receipts from Hvelplund for the last 10 years, as I have an appartement in Copenhagen near by, including the latest receipt showing the repair. The receipts being presented to the staff including the silly young clerk, no one really seemed to know what to do besides patronising me.
No senior member of the staff nor any responsible manager were available. I decided, that I was wasting both my time, energy and my money so I decided to leave this sub standard interprise.
It naturally goes without saying that I can hardly recommend anyone the “services” of Hvelplund. My experience is nothing short of a farce. Someone pretending to be something, they are not.
I truly believe, that they make up false findings in a dishonest attempt to boost their earnings.
I am certain, that a new examination by the certified dealer in London, that I use for my other watches, will reveal, that nothing is wrong with my Breitling watch at all.
Alternatively the present defect must originate from an inadequate previous repair or failure.
Should I by any chance be mistaken, I will of course without any hesitation change this review and apologise to Hvelplund for this accusation.
However, I think that bad business ethics is the real problem.
Dubious and highly unprofessional people trying in any way to boost their earnings - unfortunately.








