JohnG 41 Posted August 5, 2009 My new Formula 1 from Julia at swissgallory.com arrived.... I have now bought an Ocean Racer deployant clasp (w/o rubber) from her and now this Tag. She has been quick and very responsive to emails. However, I have not yet had any experience with how she handles problems, defective watches, customs issues, etc... so I cannot vouch for that aspect of her business. In any event, the watch is very nice, though it feels light after all the monsters I have been buying lately. The clasp is a little flimsey, my only complaint, may try to source one from a high end Tag later... The gen uses an ETA quartz chrono movement, and the rep uses the exact same movement, which is kind of cool. The watch has been reviewed before at RepGeek, won't say more... I am looking forward tow wearing while driving, will pretend to be Fernando Alonso in my Citroen AX.... + = Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Member X 91 Posted August 5, 2009 lol Good stuff I quite like those, although I still am amazed at how much the gens are for quartz!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sconehead 5 Posted August 5, 2009 What did it cost with shipping John? I'm trying to talk my 15 year old son into one of these...but he likes A7750 chrono 'bling' watches atm, a recipie for disaster... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 5, 2009 What did it cost with shipping John? I'm trying to talk my 15 year old son into one of these...but he likes A7750 chrono 'bling' watches atm, a recipie for disaster... From Julia, $75 + $25 EMS +5 PP fee. So $105 - if you need her email, let me know, and say you know me (I will give you my name) and Trailboss/Col from RWG. - that is who turned me onto her, and he got her from Luthier, who now doesn't use her but has never said why. Anyway, Josh sells this $118 BEFORE shipping, so she is a good savings. More pics: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyB 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Very nice, and a fun watch. The quartz TAG Mercedes I got from Mary at about the same price is impressive. It hasn't varied a single second since I got it. I play 'Sterling Moss'. Thank GOD I was born a guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AustinTech 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Funny review. Looks like a fun watch. I think on of the guys on the travel channel wears this watch. Andrew Zimmerman? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trailboss99 994 Posted August 5, 2009 'cause Mary (his main gal) left there, went to Watchcafe as purchasing officer and thence out on her own to become Watch International. Julia's still a good bet as John just showed. Col. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pollux1 3 Posted August 5, 2009 John is it just the pics or are the subdials and numbers on the bezel WAY off mate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sconehead 5 Posted August 5, 2009 John is it just the pics or are the subdials and numbers on the bezel WAY off mate? It's a $75 watch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demsey 9 Posted August 6, 2009 Greg? Could you please move this to OT so I may respond? TIA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 6, 2009 Greg? Could you please move this to OT so I may respond? TIA Nope, not your thread. Buzz the fuck off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 6, 2009 John is it just the pics or are the subdials and numbers on the bezel WAY off mate? MOTHER FUCKER!!!! YOU ARE RIGHT!!!! It is the wrong watch - it was supposed to be the same movement at the gen - and I sent her the link to Josh's site, with the same description, said I wanted THAT watch.... Okay now we get to see how she handles a fuck-up. Stay tuned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alphakazi 0 Posted August 6, 2009 I wouldn't stress to much over it John - it is a $75 watch after all and looks good too - meh.. let it go I like it, but looks a bit small for me - 42mm? Josh is #1 for a reason ya know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demsey 9 Posted August 6, 2009 it is a $75 watch after all True that Alpha. A perfect compliment to a $75 automobile. All is well and in harmonious balance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 6, 2009 it is a $75 watch after all True that Alpha. A perfect compliment to a $75 automobile. All is well and in harmonious balance. Fuck off troll. Really fuck you. Go fix your marriage - you didn't do it even after your big speech the last time you left, you just picked right up at RWG.cc with the long winded self important posts... Good idea that was.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 6, 2009 I wouldn't stress to much over it John - it is a $75 watch after all and looks good too - meh.. let it go I like it, but looks a bit small for me - 42mm? Josh is #1 for a reason ya know Yeah but it is not the ETA movement, has wrong subdial spacing, that was the only reason I bought the thing, and if I decide I don't like it, can't NOT disclose that it is not the good version. Nope, she is going to replace it. And yes, probably 42-43mm, feels small after the monsters lately. Which is why I suspect I may end up selling it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demsey 9 Posted August 6, 2009 Fuck off troll. Really fuck you. Go fix your marriage - you didn't do it even after your big speech the last time you left, you just picked right up at RWG.cc with the long winded self important posts... Good idea that was.... John, the fifth grade called. They're running out of potty talk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted August 6, 2009 Fuck off troll. Really fuck you. Go fix your marriage - you didn't do it even after your big speech the last time you left, you just picked right up at RWG.cc with the long winded self important posts... Good idea that was.... John, the fifth grade called. They're running out of potty talk. What is your fucking problem man? You want to talk shit about my deceased mother again? Tell me my parents hated me and that's why I was in boarding school? That I am a failure, hiding out in Spain, "running away", that I deserved to be outed as a pornography addict and make fucked-up jokes about my childhood experiences? Can't ever remember what else it was you said. You are a fucking asshole Demsey. Pure and simple, so just fuck off, stop trolling me and I will extend you the same courtesy. I regret the comment about your marriage, because that is YOUR game, not mine. Again, just fuck off and die. Pretty please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demsey 9 Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) You're not a well man. <edit> And I wouldn't have picked this time to check in on rwgjr.jr if you hadn't extended the invite in the first place, and arranged the focus of said same. After your ban from rwgjr (which you richly deserved on too many levels to mention) was lifted your sole input to that board was to bump a thread of your own announcing rwgjr.jr's web address, calling a two post thread, to which you were the only poster as "a bump for a classic", for purely megalomaniacal reasons in a soft bid to thumb your nose at the admin. as if to say "I don't need you, I have my own play house now so there!" , and to then bump a thread of mine, again from the loony and make remark: wow that thread went nowhere fast. So here I am. If you plant corn, corn will grow. If you are at ends now, perhaps you should have thought better of your actions then. A lesson to which your learning curve is grossly shallow. You like to play yourself off as a victim, but you are not John. You are an unrepentant apologist by tactical design and exasperating troll yourself. I didn't write the rules. I'm just here to play. You don't have as many people here that are aligned with you as there are who merely have empathy for you. What you are experiencing is their grace as good people, not their likemindedness to and appreciation of; you. There you go sport. Reply and try not to burst an aneurism. Here, let me get you started, ahem: Fuck you Demsey, you fucking fuck! Why don't you go fucking go fuck yourself?!................ Edited August 6, 2009 by Demsey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
houndoggie 58 Posted August 6, 2009 John, your Citroen AX reminds me of those old "Le Cars".. I used to love those things when I was a kid (like 4 or 5 years old)...fuck if I know why...And I saw them suprisingly frequently in the suburbs of Chicago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FBV 0 Posted August 6, 2009 john: like your tag f1. for the money you paid it looks great! question is are you happy with it? still a nice fun looking watch. i was thinking of getting the orange or white dial version of the f1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Member X 91 Posted August 6, 2009 Le cars - weren't they Renault 5s?! Did you ever get the turbo version over there? They're great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
houndoggie 58 Posted August 6, 2009 Le cars - weren't they Renault 5s?! Did you ever get the turbo version over there? They're great Yeah those are them. I don't know if they imported the turbo version, I was like 5 years old... I actually forgot all about them until John put his pick up of his Citroen... I sparked my memory of the Le Car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
