Playing with a gen Tag

[NCRich 13,748]

A friend has a well worn Tag that stopped working. It's not the battery unfortunately. Quoted $300 to repair the watch locally, which is really more than this watch is worth anymore. It was close to $1K new so I told him I'd take a look at it. Must be some expensive movement to cost that much I thought.

 

Pretty little thing.

 

 

 

Movement is ETA 955.112 with Tag screened onto it.

 

 

costs $26 at

 

http://www.allwatchp...ment_p_416.html

 

Hmmm......must be something else special about these gens.

[Del 4,459]

You going to fix it for $250 then?!

 

:D

[Davesjourney 27]

That's the movement in a watch for $1k...!?! Jeez....

[Foxindebox 464]

But... it's a Tag... all my illusions are shattered. You mean to say that the Swiss watch industry is capable of making a markup of such astronomical proportions and not being upfront about it?

[NCRich 13,748]

You going to fix it for $250 then?!

 

:D

 

I thought I'd offer him $75 for the watch. Really just good for parts you know.

[MetalMickey 179]

Genuine quartz watches are horrendously overpriced. Automatics are too, but not by nearly as much.

[plankton 1]

Genuine quartz watches are horrendously overpriced. Automatics are too, but not by nearly as much.

 

 

Couldn't agree more. All gens are overpriced but Tag certainly takes the cake.

[plankton 1]

This is a movement to behold! True piece of art IMO.

 

[Genius 281]

This is a movement to behold! True piece of art IMO.

 

 

Ahh the Yuki JF SA3135 :D

[NCRich 13,748]

This is a movement to behold! True piece of art IMO.

 

 

So that is what a time bomb looks like.

 

 

 

 

[Piccolo 673]

I quite like slightly overpriced quartz movements...

 

[NFleischer 4,355]

I like Tags because in general they are very reliable watches. I have to say I never liked the looks of the older Links range. They were popular in the 80's and 90's.

 

The newer range is much better IMO.

[Foxindebox 464]

I quite like slightly overpriced quartz movements...

 

 

Mmm, me too! You have to admire the finishing with the "Cote du Morioka" :D

[edwinowl 180]

Typical with many of the quartz movements.

Some can be picked up for a few dollars as you know

This is gonna make you look good rich. Kudos and all that.

Get it sorted lad

[Moondustesp 136]

That's brilliant. You will be a hero

[Diver Dave 0]

A friend has a well worn Tag that stopped working. It's not the battery unfortunately. Quoted $300 to repair the watch locally, which is really more than this watch is worth anymore. It was close to $1K new so I told him I'd take a look at it. Must be some expensive movement to cost that much I thought.

 

Pretty little thing.

 

 

 

Movement is ETA 955.112 with Tag screened onto it.

 

 

costs $26 at

 

http://www.allwatchp...ment_p_416.html

 

Hmmm......must be something else special about these gens.

 

 

Typical. I ran a scuba shop in New Jersey for many years, and Heuer (pre-TAG) was in Springfield, just about ten miles away. They allowed scuba shops to become AD's. so I did. I had access to the entire range of watches for 50% of retail, and sold a lot of them. Looking back I should have bought as many chronos as possible, but... well... didn't. In any event when the "quartz revolution" came out, it became very obvious that they were simply casing shitty cheap movements into cases they were having made, and that the quality was plummeting. I stopped selling as an AD and not long afterwards TAG bought them out. This contributes to my prejudice against post-TAG Heur's as being not worth looking at. They are just another marketing company selling shitty quartz movements stuck into gauche cases. All they are is a brand name.

Edited July 9, 2017 by Diver Dave

[carpetmonster 0]

But to be honest, seriously-Tag Heur's are overpriced. There are producing simply watches with simply ETA movements, calling them as new movement calibre 5, calibre 16 etc.

[Xpletiv 16]

Wow, hideous design and the DW is off! Ha!

[NFleischer 4,355]

But to be honest, seriously-Tag Heur's are overpriced. There are producing simply watches with simply ETA movements, calling them as new movement calibre 5, calibre 16 etc.

 

Isn't that what everybody else did? Look at Panerai, nice looking watches, but $5000 for HW ETA movement maybe about $200 value.

 

Now there are more brands doing in-house movements, but still plenty of brands selling a 2824 for example with their name on the rotor. Even the beloved Tudor.