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Post by Chris on Oct 29, 2017 20:43:32 GMT
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Post by Tim on Oct 29, 2017 21:13:46 GMT
I have a Citizen eco-drive dive watch . . . Snap, with a solar panel face so nowt to do but wear it. Once had a TAG, but sold it after I nearly fainted at the cost of battery replacement/service, which needed doing every 2 years. The Citizen cost about as much as that service and I've had it about 8 years now, so I'm quids in - funnily enough it tells the time accuratly too  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 29, 2017 21:26:11 GMT
The Longines only needs a new battery every 5 years, but still it has to go back to them for re-sealing.
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Post by AlanS on Oct 30, 2017 8:09:47 GMT
Martin
How much does the battery and seal cost please? I do like their appearance.
An interesting thread. Lots of folk fall in love with Rolex (or the idea of). A guy on PFM is chatting away about them as investments the last few days.
I discovered Citizen a few years back and Seiko solar too. Excellent if you want it for the time rather than image.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 30, 2017 8:20:17 GMT
The last time I had it done was about £80. It is a beautiful watch.  |
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Post by Tim on Oct 30, 2017 8:44:19 GMT
The last time I had it done was about £80. It is a beautiful watch. That's actually pretty good Martin. It was about 10 years ago I got rid of my TAG, a battery replacement and service was I think £125 or £135, which I thought was too much, so I sold it. I think a service from TAG is nearly £300 now, which is just not worth it to me. |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 30, 2017 8:47:12 GMT
That's a lot for every two years!
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Post by Tim on Oct 30, 2017 8:54:02 GMT
That's a lot for every two years! I don't think it needs a service that often, but TAG will try to get you to do it. A straight battery replacement and reseal is about the same as your Longines, but the battery didn't last 5 years, or it didn't in those days. I'm happy with my Eco-Drive now and it's apparently good for 300M but if I'm diving at that depth, I'm dead! |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 30, 2017 12:24:24 GMT
An interesting thread. Lots of folk fall in love with Rolex (or the idea of). A guy on PFM is chatting away about them as investments the last few days. I discovered Citizen a few years back and Seiko solar too. Excellent if you want it for the time rather than image. Yes totally agree re Citizen - my ecodrive is actually more accurate than my old Casio quartz! I love the looks of it too actually. The Rolex investment question is an interesting one. The cost of new Rolexes, and other top end brands, has soared in recent years, probably fuelled by demand from Far East customers. The Omega shop I went to on Regent Street always seemed to be busy with wealthy Chinese customers. So I think that has really pushed up second hand prices where people are looking for better value. And that's not even for the 'special' watches - rarer Rolexes have appreciated astronomically. So is it a no-brainer to buy something like a new 6K Rolex Submariner as an investment? Personally I wouldn't. At the moment Rolex are churning out more watches than ever, they can't make enough of them. Although the impression of the brand is exclusive, they aren't exclusive at all of course. But I don't think that the growth in demand can keep surging like in recent years, unless they can find another booming global market like China or Russia. Just an opinion of course ... |
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Post by Chris on Oct 30, 2017 20:36:32 GMT
Of all places Timpson do a deal on Tag/watch batteries when you pay £20 and they change the battery and reveal/pressure test for life when required. That's what I do with mine. Never had it serviced as it's never needed it.
Now,Rolex as an investment - yes,imo. Buy a Submariner tomorrow for 5 grand wear it for ten years then sell it for 5 grand. Just replacing it will be tricky of course....
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Post by zippy on Nov 1, 2017 13:08:15 GMT
Running costs are another thing of course. The last Tag I had cost me £80 for new battery, clean and reseal. The down side was it took them a month to do it.
My current Tissot has been running for almost 4 years on the original battery, despite all the fancy functions.
I have been told more than once that replacement batteries, even when bona fide via the watchmaker, never last as long as the originals.
The real winners of course are those with Citizen solar watches, at almost zero running cost.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 1, 2017 13:33:46 GMT
The real winners of course are those with Citizen solar watches, at almost zero running cost. Absolutely - my old Citizen quartz diving watch used to run down the battery fairly quickly and then I had to send it off for new battery and pressure testing ... Though nothing like the cost of running my old Omega of course. |
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Post by Tim on Nov 2, 2017 9:50:29 GMT
The real winners of course are those with Citizen solar watches, at almost zero running cost. 😀 |
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Post by Chris on Nov 2, 2017 20:59:48 GMT
Get the Timpsons deal. Running costs for my Tag are minimal. Or a mechanical watch of course
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 4, 2017 13:51:56 GMT
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