Gucci Watches - worth it?
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My girlfriend is contemplating buying a Gucci G-Class watch with a mother of pearl face and diamond hour markers. It's £650 on the high street and looks very nice, but apparently is water resistant to 30m, which effectively makes it only splash proof. The idea behind it is to buy a nice watch for her to keep for many years.
Are Gucci a reasonable make of watch, or just an over-priced fashion watch where you're paying for the brand name and the watch is just a cheap mass produced item?
Also, where's the best place to buy it from. Precisiontime.co.uk seems to offer a substantial discount, but is it a reliable site?
Pic of watch:
Are Gucci a reasonable make of watch, or just an over-priced fashion watch where you're paying for the brand name and the watch is just a cheap mass produced item?
Also, where's the best place to buy it from. Precisiontime.co.uk seems to offer a substantial discount, but is it a reliable site?
Pic of watch:
In a word, no. They are nice enough to look at (subjective), and are of reasonable quality, but you're paying purely for the brand, here.
Have a look at some of the Omega ladies options. I'm sure a quartz will be had for similar money, not to mention what you may find on the pre-owned market. That'll give her a genuinely quality watch, with a bit of watch prestige to boot.
Hope this helps..
Have a look at some of the Omega ladies options. I'm sure a quartz will be had for similar money, not to mention what you may find on the pre-owned market. That'll give her a genuinely quality watch, with a bit of watch prestige to boot.
Hope this helps..
Nothing wrong w/ spending 650 on a Gucci. My wife did. She's had it for 10 years and it still works and looks fine. Just understand that you're not buying what watch aficionados would consider to be something worth spending money on.
They're fashion watches. nothing more, nothing less.
They're fashion watches. nothing more, nothing less.
The wife and I have Gucci watches. I'd never buy another, even if they halved their prices.
Mine: One of the bracelet pins from a link near the case (normally you can't see them as they're polished over) fell out when the watch was days out of warranty. I thought Gucci would do a repair FOC, but no, they wanted me to spring half the watch cost on a new bracelet.. GTF!
The Missus, battery indicator said the battery needed changing. Took to authorised dealer who wanted £50 - WTF? Not only that, when they opened it they said the problem was not the battery but one of the clips holding the battery was damaged and they'd need to send to to Gucci for a full £150 service - for a quartz?
They're sh!te.
Mine: One of the bracelet pins from a link near the case (normally you can't see them as they're polished over) fell out when the watch was days out of warranty. I thought Gucci would do a repair FOC, but no, they wanted me to spring half the watch cost on a new bracelet.. GTF!
The Missus, battery indicator said the battery needed changing. Took to authorised dealer who wanted £50 - WTF? Not only that, when they opened it they said the problem was not the battery but one of the clips holding the battery was damaged and they'd need to send to to Gucci for a full £150 service - for a quartz?
They're sh!te.
The wife has had one for 10 years. It still looks mint, has never broken down, and keeps excellent time being a quartz.
She had her heart set on the particular watch in question for a couple of years, was aware gucci aren't a 'watch' company, but didn't care as she loved the design, (it's actually got a very unusal bracelet design which looks fantastic, and has a very high quality feel to it)...
Its done exactly what's been required of it, so I can't fault it. She had a very different set of buying criteria to me, for her it was all about the design of the thing. She couldn't give a monkeys about heritage or what's inside the thing - indeed she thinks I'm nuts going on about 'movements'!
She had her heart set on the particular watch in question for a couple of years, was aware gucci aren't a 'watch' company, but didn't care as she loved the design, (it's actually got a very unusal bracelet design which looks fantastic, and has a very high quality feel to it)...
Its done exactly what's been required of it, so I can't fault it. She had a very different set of buying criteria to me, for her it was all about the design of the thing. She couldn't give a monkeys about heritage or what's inside the thing - indeed she thinks I'm nuts going on about 'movements'!
Thanks for the responses, I thought that might be the case when the salesperson stated that she would recommend not wearing it in the shower!
Of course, there are quite a few watches out there that my girlfriend does like the look of and are made by quality brands, Omega, Rolex etc. The issue is that these watches are at least double the price and she's already struggling to come to terms with spending £650 on a watch.
I think it's either a case of she buys the Gucci at £515 (from precisiontime.co.uk) and accepts it's a fashion watch, or she comes to terms with spending a lot more to get a quality item.
Of course, there are quite a few watches out there that my girlfriend does like the look of and are made by quality brands, Omega, Rolex etc. The issue is that these watches are at least double the price and she's already struggling to come to terms with spending £650 on a watch.
I think it's either a case of she buys the Gucci at £515 (from precisiontime.co.uk) and accepts it's a fashion watch, or she comes to terms with spending a lot more to get a quality item.
filaborg said:
To be honest most women dont really care what the make of the watch is that they wear as long as they like it is normally the rule of thumb. Thank your lucky stars that its only a £500 watch she wants.
Never show your missus the Haute Joaillerie section of the JLC catalogue. It's full of things that if you have to ask, you can't afford it. And your missus will want them all.I have had a Gucci watch for 15 years now. The ranges at the time they had a more classic look about them (which they have now gone back to). It has been a great watch and I bought my wife one as well.
Between us we now have a selection of watches (mainly Tags) but still enjoy the Guccis.
As said, these are old models no longer made but are nicely built and look nice.
Between us we now have a selection of watches (mainly Tags) but still enjoy the Guccis.
As said, these are old models no longer made but are nicely built and look nice.
As above - for that kind of money your girlfriend should be looking at something my one of the recognised Swiss makers.
Something like a Longines Dolce Vita should be within reach rectangular mother of pearl face, diamond hour marker.
Discounts of 10% to 20% are available on the UK High St - balance this against the additional savings and risk factor of buying from the internet.
Something like a Longines Dolce Vita should be within reach rectangular mother of pearl face, diamond hour marker.
Discounts of 10% to 20% are available on the UK High St - balance this against the additional savings and risk factor of buying from the internet.
www.glooks.com have some decent deals on Gucci, Omega & a whole load of others. I've used them, they're service was great!
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