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09-02-2014, 11:12 PM | #378 |
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I actually hinted toward this on page 9.
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09-19-2014, 10:59 AM | #379 |
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My reasoning behind buying a fake watch
Ok, im leaving myself open to criticism, but hey ho..
I actually bought my watch (truth be known) to see if i was going through a faise of large expensive watches, and after 6 months of enjoying the fake, but feeling rather deflated to be honest, if someone asked me about it, i found myself always explaining its fake. however i've since moved into the world of genuine, and it feels much better to be proud of a genuine watch than a fake |
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09-19-2014, 11:08 AM | #380 |
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I own my tag for me and not what others think. However I also own some other automatic watches which I've had zero problems with (seiko, citizen, and rip curl). In a little over a year of tag ownership I've had to send it in twice for maintenance.
I'd rather wear a seiko, citizen, or even g - shock than a replica. Although I don't mind rep parts on my car...
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09-19-2014, 12:50 PM | #381 | |
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I think at this point, if it's not been two years, you should seek a warranty replacement rather than more maintenance. All the best.
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09-19-2014, 03:05 PM | #382 | |
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Sending in for warranty work is slow as he'll also. A two month wait...
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09-19-2014, 08:38 PM | #383 | |
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All the best.
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09-20-2014, 09:05 AM | #384 |
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I don't mind the wait. Just don't want to have it happen outside of warranty. The warranty period is 24 months. A little over four of those months it will have been away for warranty service.
The less time I have it in my possession under warranty means less time to see if the problem continues. I've asked the shop where I bough it from to look into a replacement.
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09-20-2014, 07:01 PM | #388 | |
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Note that "regularly" is a variable thing. It can be as often as every two to three years for some of the so-called "best" watches, and it can be the same period for some of the "less than 'the best' " watches. I'm personally aware of at least a hundred fake watches that haven't ever been serviced and that are going strong after some six years. I know of these watches because they are owned by my staff on my projects in the PRC and because I have given quite a few as notional gifts to my colleagues back in the U.S. or offered them as "door prizes" at company team building events. Trust me, they are among the most popular "door prizes," and the people who win them are all very able to afford the aped watches, so the price isn't the driving factor to why they like them. All the best.
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10-10-2014, 10:36 AM | #389 |
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I have a genuine $5500 Breitling Super Avenger. I also have a fairly high end $300 replica Super Avenger. They are about 97% indistinguishable from one another.
As an aside...if you don't have a JLC or a Lange, you really shouldn't be claiming to own "expensive watches". |
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10-10-2014, 02:42 PM | #390 | |
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If someone says they own a expensive watch its because it's expensive to them..! |
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10-10-2014, 03:20 PM | #391 |
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I can say the same thing about "absolute rubbish" and the truth. What is absolute rubbish to someone may be the absolute truth to another. You are welcome to disagree with me...my wife does often...but just like her, you would be wrong. Have a blessed day!
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10-10-2014, 03:23 PM | #392 |
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Also, by your reasoning there are lots of people driving very expensive...almost to the point of being unaffordable Kia Rios.
The idea of that makes me laugh. |
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10-10-2014, 08:10 PM | #394 | |
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I will tell you that a $3000 watch is expensive and that a $5K watch is expensive and yet I have several that ran me $10K+. I will tell you the first two are expensive (in one way or another) because I know the average purchase price of a watch in the U.S. is ~$200. That makes a whole boat load of watches expensive. My other watchie friends will say exactly the same thing and two of them will spend "house worthy" sums on one watch. They may have lost any resemblance they once had to mendicancy, but they haven't lost their mind. The fact that a person can afford something -- be it a watch, shirt, socks, crackers, cars, whatever -- doesn't mean that as their disposable income and spending power increases, they suddenly become unaware of the world in which they live. When I go into Whole Foods and I see a bottle of balsamic vinegar for $70, the fact that I can afford it doesn't mean I don't know damn well that that's some expensive ass vinegar. If I'm a food or vinegar enthusiast, I may pay for it, but I still know that it's expensive. If someone asks me how expensive is too expensive for me, after I tell them it's "nun ya," I'd also tell them that it depends on the item/service, when they ask me, and how important having it is to me. There are certainly things that are absolutely beyond my ability to comfortably afford, and that's true for everyone. The only difference is that as one gets wealthier, the list of unaffordable things gets shorter. There are even things that the U.S., with all its spending power, cannot afford to buy no matter how badly it wants it. Peace in our lifetime is clearly one of those things. The military strength to absolutely abolish terrorism seemingly cannot be purchased either, and yet the U.S. continues to try. Go figure...but that's a different thread. I don't want to go down that road in this one. All the best.
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10-11-2014, 08:24 AM | #396 |
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My throw-away comment about what constitutes an expensive watch has overshadowed the real point of my post...I have a $300 watch that is 97% indistinguishable from a nearly $6k one.
That was the gist and purpose of my post. |
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