Fake Watches -- Does it really matter?

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Shaung

I would not buy a fake m3. I would not buy a fake watch.

What about a home made lambo?

[Shaung]

If I'm going home made...

[NemesisX]

Originally Posted by DocMick

holy defensive reply batman, I mustve hit a sore spot

defensive reply by way of posturing like an authority figure with an expansive list of questions

i wont bother with copying and pasting my previous responses, you clearly have a chip on your shoulder

also, i never said i own any $20k watches, that must have been an assumption on your part

have a great weekend

You seem incapable of engaging in civil discussion. I have no interest in pursuing this further. You haven't provided one bit of insight or clarification other than hurling around backhanded insults.

[AlpineV8]

Originally Posted by Ben2k9

That's a great point no one has made yet. Buying a fake contributes to the parasites & cheaters out in the market, while diluting the value of whichever legitimate company has built the product / brand.

I actually hinted toward this on page 9.

[Harley Mc Slow]

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

[RIDERDIE]

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...

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by RIDERDIE

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...

Twice in one year? There is something not right about that watch. That's not only unheard of for Tag, it's unheard of for watches period, even the fakes you can buy for $25 on a street corner in any country.

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.

[RIDERDIE]

Originally Posted by tony20009

Twice in one year? There is something not right about that watch. That's not only unheard of for Tag, it's unheard of for watches period, even the fakes you can buy for $25 on a street corner in any country.

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.

I may look into a replacement. It is within two years. It's also a carrera so it's towards the top of their model line.

Sending in for warranty work is slow as he'll also. A two month wait...

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by RIDERDIE

I may look into a replacement. It is within two years. It's also a carrera so it's towards the top of their model line.

Sending in for warranty work is slow as he'll also. A two month wait...

Yes, but waiting two months is better by far than enduring a lifetime of "drama" with a watch, especially one that's supposed to be able to perform as a work horse, so to speak.

All the best.

[RIDERDIE]

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.

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by RIDERDIE

...
I've asked the shop where I bough it from to look into a replacement.

+100

[Yvette]

fake watch stop working at some point
dont waste $
sure they are cheap but i like my $300 automatic movement swatch better

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by e90sexion

fake watch stop working at some point
dont waste $
sure they are cheap but i like my $300 automatic movement swatch better

Yep fakes do eventually quit. I have a tag and Pam that im waiting to crap out no loss though.

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by e90sexion

fake watch stop working at some point
dont waste $
sure they are cheap but i like my $300 automatic movement swatch better

If one doesn't service them regularly, all mechanical watches will stop working at some point. By the same token, if one does service them regularly, they will all keep working.

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.

[Rg21044]

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".

[Harley Mc Slow]

Originally Posted by Rg21044

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".

Absolute Rubbish, what is expensive for some may not be to another.
If someone says they own a expensive watch its because it's expensive to them..!

[Rg21044]

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!

[Rg21044]

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.

[Harley Mc Slow]

Myself and your wife are in fact always right, and like her I will let you think your right..
Have a super weekend

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by Harley Mc Slow

Absolute Rubbish, what is expensive for some may not be to another.
If someone says they own a expensive watch its because it's expensive to them..!

Nope...not reliably so. Moreover, your assertion presumes that wealth and stupidity, and maybe other traits, are directly proportional to each other. There are scores and scores of examples to show that the relationship is generally one of indirect proportion.

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.

[NemesisX]

Originally Posted by Rg21044

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".

"Expensive" is an arbitrary and useless adjective. For some people the set point for "expensive" correlates with their own wealth, and thus by setting the bar for "expensive" watches at $50,000, all you're really doing is bragging about your socioeconomic status in a roundabout way.

[Rg21044]

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.