Another Tag repair thread! sentimental value.
Discussion
Hi guy's, as I've treated my self to another watch, clearly the start of an obsession! id like to get my Tag repaired/ restored, before I something else.
it was an 18th present from my family, and it been beat the crap out of daily for since then. as it holds so much sentimental value, and its been so reliable. Id like it to be the watch I pass on to my kids.
so the damage report. its going to need a case because of the moulded plastic inserts. also a bezel and the face is discoloured. I think the bracelet could be cleaned up.
this once said Tag Heuer
thanks Andy
it was an 18th present from my family, and it been beat the crap out of daily for since then. as it holds so much sentimental value, and its been so reliable. Id like it to be the watch I pass on to my kids.
so the damage report. its going to need a case because of the moulded plastic inserts. also a bezel and the face is discoloured. I think the bracelet could be cleaned up.
this once said Tag Heuer
thanks Andy
Johnniem said:
Andy, great to see you love your watch. Is there an actual question? There is always help here but unless I am being a numptie, there doesn't seem to be a query.
Probably wasn't clear, but what’s the best way to go about this. is it possible to buy replacement parts on the open market? or does it need to be sent to Tag? from memory a service an new battery was £200. so as it need most of the watch replaced I figured having my local watch guy rebuild it with parts would be more cost effective. Just looking for advise really.
Thanks Andy
Hi Andy,
From the viewpoint of receiving a watch, I now look after my grandfather's Helvetia. There had been no attempt to renew it, and the patina and scratches that came with it are part of its story. It was his daily, and is often my daily. I recently had it serviced by Variomatic (though I think Eddy Cain is the preferred choice here for Tag); the only replacement part was a broken return spring as we chose not to polish it or otherwise 'improve' it.
The watch says a lot about you and how it travelled with you through good times and bad; it doesn't need to look like a new watch so long as the mechanism is kept in good condition.
From the viewpoint of receiving a watch, I now look after my grandfather's Helvetia. There had been no attempt to renew it, and the patina and scratches that came with it are part of its story. It was his daily, and is often my daily. I recently had it serviced by Variomatic (though I think Eddy Cain is the preferred choice here for Tag); the only replacement part was a broken return spring as we chose not to polish it or otherwise 'improve' it.
The watch says a lot about you and how it travelled with you through good times and bad; it doesn't need to look like a new watch so long as the mechanism is kept in good condition.
Got to agree wih Sad61 on this. Having inherited my dad's watch last year, if it had been in min (restored) condition then it wouldn't have felt half as "real" as it did in the condition I remember him wearing it.
By the time you replace the case, dial and bezel they'll effecively be inheriting a movement, bracelet, and a set of hands!
If you do decide to have the work done then you're really looking at "back to Tag" in any case because they won't supply cases or dials. Assuming they still have parts available, they'll also insist on service at the same time, which will normally consist of an exchange movement on quartz models. And a new dial will probably include new hands in order to guaranee a match.
You can maybe see where this is going....
By the time you replace the case, dial and bezel they'll effecively be inheriting a movement, bracelet, and a set of hands!
If you do decide to have the work done then you're really looking at "back to Tag" in any case because they won't supply cases or dials. Assuming they still have parts available, they'll also insist on service at the same time, which will normally consist of an exchange movement on quartz models. And a new dial will probably include new hands in order to guaranee a match.
You can maybe see where this is going....
Cheers guys thats a totally different slant on it. as I say it was present rather that inherited so, I think I feel bad for it as it been abused so much yet been so reliable.
I guess a daily for most watches isn't as hardcore. This was my watch day in day out while I was a rigger and professional sailor. I've literally beat ten bell of s
t out of it everyday, for the last 8 year's while relying on it to keep perfect time.
But I see what your saying about that being the charm of it now.
All joking a side great advert for Tag, only let me down when the battery went.
Andy
I guess a daily for most watches isn't as hardcore. This was my watch day in day out while I was a rigger and professional sailor. I've literally beat ten bell of s
t out of it everyday, for the last 8 year's while relying on it to keep perfect time.But I see what your saying about that being the charm of it now.
All joking a side great advert for Tag, only let me down when the battery went.
Andy
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