Tag-Heuer 6000 quartz

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bigdog

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 Walla Walla, Washington
Bit of a rant.
Not to sure what to think about my watch. Got a cracking deal on it from a friend. It was just 2 years old in 2007 And seldom worn. He sold it to me for $400.00 USD. And yes I verified it was authentic. He did buy from a Tag dealer. But. It has been in the shop a lot. Went swimming and had water intrusion. Sent to Tag for drying out and new seals ($150) Battery went dead. Which meant new seals once again ($5 batt. and $100 for seal). Then the lower timer button fell out. Sent to Tag for new button and news seals ($300) that was two years ago. Now batt. Needs replacing. And now the stop watch timers are not working. Looks like another trip to Tag. So! Why are these things so expensive?

I have a 15 year old titanium solar pulsar. And it just works. Never missed a beat in all those years.

All this made me even wonder about my Zed and all the expensive 30k maint. I could understand if the engine had a very high output for it's size. But for comparison. My old 2004 honda accord had the three liter v6 rated at 245 HP. Thats only ten less than my US spec si. Yet. The honda maint. req. was to change the oil and replace the cam belt at 100,000 miles. I have had no problems with my Zed. But the watch thing got me thinking. (which is dangerous) why is the Tag watch and BMW engine so fragile. Yet don't keep any better time or put out any more HP than the cheap pulsar watch and honda engine.
Rant over.
 
I hate expensive quartz watches, it seems stupid to pay for a premium brand renowned for time keeping, for something that is powered by a battery, which tbh, any cheap version will keep as good time as.

For me it has to be an automatic, you then pay for the movement,its complexity and just not the name. Sorry I know that doesn't help with you, but there isn't much you can do apart from sell it on eBay and buy an automatic. For me Omega takes some beating for price and movement
 
As above..

Waste of bloody money...

I bought and sold watches for 20 yrs and the the most expensive quartz movement you can buy is under £5..

The cost of any watch should be in the movement.

I have taken a few tags on deals over the years and they are mostly cheap tat superbly marketed..
 
As I paid so little for it. It's not a huge deal. It's just disappointing. Had I paid full price when new or even paid my friend what the going used price was. Then I'd be red faced angery.

To be honest. I'd read a report years ago about whether Rolex watches were worth what one pays. The answer was yes. But only because a used one fetches the same money as when new. But when looked at from the prespective of keeping time. They were no better than a Seiko. I would be happy if my Tag were as reliable as my pulsar that is 15 years old.
 
Z4M-2006 said:
As above..

Waste of bloody money...

I bought and sold watches for 20 yrs and the the most expensive quartz movement you can buy is under £5..

The cost of any watch should be in the movement.

I have taken a few tags on deals over the years and they are mostly cheap tat superbly marketed..
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So can I take it from your post. That BMW and their silly expensive maint. Requierments on engines that are no more stressed than a honda V6. Means they are cheap tat superbly marketed. :fuelfire:
 
I believe that even with Omega it is only the speedmasters that have a dedicated Omega movement... The standard Seamasters share movements with many other Swiss brands .. Including TagHeuer .
 
I had a Tag about 10 years ago.. had similar issues, water leaking when i went swimming, then battery died, and the seal failed etc.

Got shot of it! I've had an Omega seamaster since and its been faultless.

I also got a Casio G-shock around the same time as the tag... well over 10 years daily battering, surfing/ skiing etc. Still on the original battery and faultless, only cost £30 :roll:
 
Don't get me started on the maintenance charges. I take mine back to NL for servicing / battery replacement as they do it in a week and cost less then 10%, yes - less then 10% of what ALL UK dealers want to charge and they take 6 weeks before I get mine back.

I wrote directly to the Swiss headquarters and got replies back straight away, until I challenged them about why their approved dealers in the UK charged 10 times the amount and were 5 weeks slower than approved Dutch dealers, the communication stopped straight away ...
 
I have two Tags and had them both for many years .....never had them serviced though (maybe thats why they keep good time? )
 
slick said:
I have two Tags and had them both for many years .....never had them serviced though (maybe thats why they keep good time? )
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Problem is. When the battery goes south. The only way to insure no water enters the watch is to replace the seal. Luckily there is a Tag dealer here in Kaiserslautern. Of course I would have never serviced it in the first place had the watch not leaked the first time it saw water. Or the second time, when the lower timer button fell off.
 
Interesting read as at 25 I've never owned a watch lol.

I've been considering some of the nice ones about (expecially whilst browsing overseas) but struggle to part with that much money.

Maybe it's because I've grown up with mobile phones (if I want to check the time I check my phone!)
 
bigdog said:
slick said:
I have two Tags and had them both for many years .....never had them serviced though (maybe thats why they keep good time? )
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Problem is. When the battery goes south. The only way to insure no water enters the watch is to replace the seal. Luckily there is a Tag dealer here in Kaiserslautern. Of course I would have never serviced it in the first place had the watch not leaked the first time it saw water. Or the second time, when the lower timer button fell off.
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I get the batterys replaced at my local jewelers.....I've never bothered with getting either of them resealed , but I never wear them near water etc ....with my luck they'de corrode
 
ab7 said:
Interesting read as at 25 I've never owned a watch lol.

I've been considering some of the nice ones about (expecially whilst browsing overseas) but struggle to part with that much money.

Maybe it's because I've grown up with mobile phones (if I want to check the time I check my phone!)
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Yes. The perception of quality Vs price is a fascinating subject. The same can be seen in cars. Is a Ferrari worth what they sell for? No. Esp. given that they are so very fragile that it requires several thousands of dollars of maintenance every few thousand miles. Even our beloved Zeds require a rather pricey engine maintenance to be performed far more often than other cars that have just as much or more engine power per liter. M-B, BMW, Porsche, Audi. They would love to have the reliability of a lowly American car that is generally 25-50% cheaper than the Euro brands.

I think that the top line watch manufactures have really stopped trying to make a reasonable watch at a reasonable price point. There's no telling how much it costs Tag-heuer to be the official timer for some of the F1 races. But I'm sure that Reich fuhrer Herr Eckelstone does not let them off cheaply. I pulled up an old Omega seamaster auto wind watch advert from 1955. It sold for 95$ then which with inflation would be $812 in 2012. But the Omega seamaster planet ocean is listed at over $3,000. WTF! That's 369% over the inflation level.
 
bigdog said:
Z4M-2006 said:
As above..

Waste of bloody money...

I bought and sold watches for 20 yrs and the the most expensive quartz movement you can buy is under £5..

The cost of any watch should be in the movement.

I have taken a few tags on deals over the years and they are mostly cheap tat superbly marketed..
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So can I take it from your post. That BMW and their silly expensive maint. Requierments on engines that are no more stressed than a honda V6. Means they are cheap tat superbly marketed. :fuelfire:
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Well if the cap fits....
 
TBH I think anything LVMH touches is a load od horse s**t. Democratised magpie luxury to cream off every penny you got spare. :x
 
ChawenHalo said:
TBH I think anything LVMH touches is a load od horse s**t. Democratised magpie luxury to cream off every penny you got spare. :x
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Sorry. But as I'm an old man of 55. I've no idea what LVMH is. Could you enlighten me please. Thanks.
 
I've got an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, cos me $6500 USD from the Omega boutique in NYC. I got ripped off, cos the same watch here is about £3700...the exchange rate at the time made mine at £4500 (pays to know prices before buying!!!).

Mine uses an all Omega movement. The movement is one of the things they emphasise.
 
If I bought a very expensive watch, I'd just go and lose it. I have a citizen sky hawk which was as much as I'd want to spend. Although battery operated, it's supposed to never need changing
 
Similar to ST I ware mine to death/loose them so buyer cheaper ones more often but would love a breitling! :)
 
No bullshit have a rolex, omega, tag(my favourite), a tissot(quartz) and a citizen Eco thingy that charges with the sunlight(which i use the most especially to work).

Guess which keeps the time PERFECTLY (up to a second with online atomic clocks/GPS time).

You guessed.

The citizen.

The others need the machine movement to come close though not good enough(couple of seconds a month).

The rolex is the one that depreciates the least(actually appreciates) money wise.

The Omega is nice and the tag is a link carrera 16. Black dial, lovey watch but poor clasp design (stupid engineering).
 
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