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It makes sense to have a routine service for a luxury watch so you can maintain thousands of dollars in value. However, I personally believe that a $200 service on a $500 entry level Swiss watch doesn't really make that much sense.
Additionally, the ETA 2824 movement found in this watch is a proven workhorse movement. I can't make 20 year comparisons to a 7s26, but I can site an excerpt from a Hodinkee article: "Countless 2824s are made each year, reliably ticking away in watches from almost every manufacturer you can think of. And in this watch the 2824-2 was enough to bring home the gold." The gold that this is referring to is the award that a modified ETA 2824 won in 2012. In my opinion, you can probably wear a 2824 for years and you won't absolutely have to get a service unless something breaks.
Source article: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/a-week-on-the-wrist-the-tissot-le-locle-chronometre
I've been collecting vintage watches a long time, and so I tend to think of the $200 or so service on a mechanical watch as an investment, it's a marvelous little machine inside there that runs remarkably well if it's kept in working order. It's a relative bargain compared with buying a new mechanical watch. That $200 is for a decent independent watchmaker, by the way. A factory service on a watch like a Rolex can easily run $500 or more for a basic job, not including parts.