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About LinkBacksApologies, but reading previous comments it came across as though you are a collector of expensive watches and were telling us of your latest addition .
Apologies, but reading previous comments it came across as though you are a collector of expensive watches and were telling us of your latest addition .
Seriously, there's nothing wrong with buying an expensive watch, even if you buy it to look good. Nothing wrong with having a sense of style, and that watch does look gooood.
Which Carrera were you looking at btw, the one that was too big ?Originally Posted by midzt
Atm I have a couple watches with bracelets, and while they offer easier maintenance, I'm not a huge fan of the bracelet of the Carreras - compare it with Tissot, Omega - even Longines...the links are 'too chunky' but that's my .02p
How do you like your Aquaracer overall, do you own any other brand to compare it to (in terms of build quality etc, mind you this is my first Tag) ?
According to that, COSC certification for automatics is (in seconds per day):
* Average daily rate: -4 +6
* Mean variation in rates: 2
* Greatest variation in rates: 5
* Difference between rates in H & V positions: -6 +8
* Largest variation in rates: 10
* Thermal variation: +-0.6
* Rate resumption: +-5
Which is no-where near as accurate as a 5 quid quartz watch.
The 0.05s measurement is for Quartz COSC watches, not automatics.
(edit: But if you were an accuracy nut like me you'd get a quartz watch that synchs via radio with an atomic clock in Rugby up to 5 times a day. Automatics are all about having a fancy mechanical system you can look at, not accuracy).
Last edited by kalniel; 06-01-2007 at 09:24 PM.
Just seen the price of this thing... and oh sweet Jesus :| (if I could have used a super and sub-script capital 'O' for the eyes, I certainly would have).
That said, it does look a seriously impressive piece of kit. Gotta wonder what other stuff you have if you're considering that as a purchase though
That was very much my opinion too, until I got my first automatic watch last year. Yes, it's less accurate than my old £10 quartz watch, but there's something about it that feels more authentic and less soulless.
Mine is a Carrera too, forgive rubbish picture:
I suppose it's a bit like computers - why spend money on a Core 2 Duo system when your old single-core AMD did most of your tasks just as well? Because it's interesting.
its just a watch
get a dodge viper and really impress us
Cheers for pointing that out Kalniel - I guess we lazy ppl still prefer not having to change batteries every so many years.
I also mentioned this to a friend and his response was,
Thanks again for everyone who posted, your comments have been usefulA twenty dollar quartz will outperform a mechanical watch (COSC or not) 99 times out of 100. The vast majority of quartz watches will drift less than 20 seconds per month. Very few mechanicals will drift less than one minute per month. So, if you were in it from a pure utility point of view, there's no reason to buy anything else. Many have this point of view, and it's fine. I know a number of highly compensated individuals that wear nothing but cpb's (cheap black plastics).
The collector or aficionado, however, is in it for reasons other than practicality. An appreciation for a finely crafted piece, its history, and/or an appreciation for an intriguing technology that's been finely honed over centuries by hundreds of brilliant individuals. That's fine too. In fact, from my point of view, thank god we have at least a few aficionados in so many areas of endeavour. That's what enables us to have so many magnificent impracticalities such as fine pens, high performance sports cars, fine whisky, etc..
Last edited by bsodmike; 07-01-2007 at 06:14 PM.
Heh, i dont own this watch, but i do work in a nice jewellers whos sell Tag watches
Saying that i dont really like Tag watchesI think its something to do with when a customer wants to look/buy one they act like they are better than me
My little collection of watches are :
Omega Seamaster Mid-size (I have no fat on my wrists)
Rado Ceramica (Its "technically" the stores watch, but they let me have it for personal use)
Longines Conquest (I have it on deposit atm, 30% discount rules
...because my old system couldn't do the video editing tasks I threw at it
Well actually as the watch is doing less of a good job, the comparisons the wrong way around - it's more like swapping out your core 2 duo for a babbage calculator
If you use your thinking about automatic watches to cars, then everyone should be driving a Kia Rio, doing a perfectly good job reliably, or whatever is cheapest now, but people don't.Well actually as the watch is doing less of a good job, the comparisons the wrong way around - it's more like swapping out your core 2 duo for a babbage calculator
Watchwise I looked at the Carrera when I got my Speedmaster but went for the Omega instead as I did not like the rest of the range from TAG and the associated image (people who want to show off, buy an expensive Quartz TAG showing how bad their taste is!)
My speedmaster
Anyway if I had to buy another one now it would be this GP.
Thanks for the posts guys. I've got my eye's now set on the Speedmaster Pro (with double sapphire front/back - 3573.50.00). They take around 4-6 weeks to order this, so I'll probably think about it near the end of the year - or when I'm next passing through Heathrow.
That day I ended up buying this,
...It wasn't 'exactly' what I was initially after, but I found the white face+white dial to contrast better with the croc strap and it does look and feel quite stunning. Also got a nice 13% discount, but I feel that Tag need to upgrade their packaging - it feels way too cheap!
Last edited by bsodmike; 10-01-2007 at 04:59 PM.
Nice watch Mike but I bet it won't keep time as well as these
;-)
On Sunday I synchronised this to my Seamaster (to the second) and it has yet to deviate...and I must say the GMT function is pretty useful - got it tracking BST!
Has your speedmaster got an open back? Mind my asking how much it cost? The one I'm interested in is ~2k, not sure if UK is more expensive.
No, hasn't got the open back. It is the same as the moon one but the dial is different. It is manual, not automatic, just like the moon one. It is called the 1957 replica, not made any more AFAIK, replaced by the broad arrows series. It cost me ~1.7k about 5 years ago.
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