Tag Heuer Advice Please

Jeeper

Hi guys,

My son has decided he wants a Tag Heuer Aquaracer (against my advice).

Does anyone have any experience with dealers in North West of England?
Any idea on discount?

Currently the best i have been able to achieve over the phone is 15%.

I know that I will do a bit better in store, but was just wondering if anyone on here had bought Tag & what level discount is achievable.

Thanks in advance.

Jeeper

STANDY

Get him in on a nice Omega......

I know someone wanting to sell a PO 😁

https://omegaforums.net/threads/advice-on-selling.121595/

Redwes25

Might try asking this on the sister site Caliber11 (your login for this site will work there). Quite a few modern tag collectors from UK on there.

Jeeper

My son has decided he wants a Tag Heuer Aquaracer (against my advice)

Redwes25

Might try asking this on the sister site Caliber11 (your login for this site will work there). Quite a few modern tag collectors from UK on there.

janice&fred

Get with it. Tag Heuers are the "IN" watch with the sporty and younger crowd. Much better than those stuffy Omegas youse old guys like.

Seriously tho, there are loads and loads of great buys on second hand Tags so convince your son to save money and go that route.

We have just a couple of them in our collection as well. Actually my wife hoards them. 😁

janice&fred

Seriously tho, there are loads and loads of great buys on second hand Tags so convince your son to save money and go that route.

imagwai

I would exercise caution buying the newer ceramic bezel Aquaracers on the used market. Lots of really convincing fakes out there. Unless you can 100% verify it came from an authorized dealer originally, I would be very wary.

Jeeper

Ploprof Stuffy?
Silver Snoopy Stuffy?

RI Omega Fan

In my humble opinion, as a lifelong watch guy and a dad, my advice is to let the kid get the watch he wants. He’ll like it, maybe love it, a lot more if he ends up with the watch he has his heart set on. He’s got the rest of his life to get different watches if his tastes and desires change.

I have friends who love their Heuers. My wife loves her’s. Heuers seem to get a bad rap, which I kinda understand on some levels, but they’re not all that bad.

Oh, and buy it from an authorized dealer.

imagwai

I would exercise caution buying the newer ceramic bezel Aquaracers on the used market. Lots of really convincing fakes out there. Unless you can 100% verify it came from an authorized dealer originally, I would be very wary.

pw92676

FWIW I think that’s a very nice watch. How old is he and does he really want it? Is it a “I thought about it and this is why I want it” or a ‘spur of the moment, this is the popular thing to get so I want it’ kind of purchase.

If he really wants it and has thought it through, get it! I’m of the camp that ignores value for all watches after purchase; unless they are being sold the value is irrelevant.

Jeeper

Thanks JFWIW
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JohnWoo

Got a Couple of TAG watches.
Bought both as pre-owned, but in A1 condition, on eBay.
Sent both to TAG in Manchester for FREE authentication before the paypal refund period ended.
Both confirmed as OK.
There is a small family jeweller in Nantwich, Cheshire. As it's only a small place [more like a village] they may be flexible on the price of new watches.
Good Luck.

amcclell

My son has a vintage 1950's manual wind Certina that I gave him one year for Christmas and an old Omega pocket watch that I gave him for his birthday - both see occasional use. His older sisters both received lovely vintage Omega watches when they graduated from college. My son got a lovely blue dial TH Aquaracer when he graduated earlier this year that he absolutely loves, so I think @janice&fred may be onto something here.