J12 alternative "proper makers"

[pacificf1]

Hello, better half has finally conceded to investing in a decent watch for herself, i have always bought rolex's and over the last 20 years they have proved a very prudent investment, but she is sadly favouring what i consider to be jewelery i,e channel j12, any thoughts?.

[Fittster]

A watch she doesn't really like and therefore doesn't wear seems a bit pointless however good an investment it might be.


Allowing for inflation I'm not sure many watches are actually good investments.

[deejuic]

I totally agree. Fashion watch it may be, but if that's what she likes, you're paying for the style and the name, not heritage - but that's ok in my mind. If she doesn't care, what difference does it make if you're both comfortable with the price.

Watch snobbery is a waste of time - except when dropping the hammer on Graham!

[x200sxy]

Depends on your point of view of course but as well as being a piece of jewellery the J12 is a high quality incredibly well put together watch.

[Steve748]

Channel? isn't that an area of water between France and Englandshire? googled it as I had never heard of this 'new' fashion house and it came up with this... http://watches.infoniac.com/new-chanel-j12-watches... which looks very nice. I asked my ex which watches she liked and she said Gucci, I wasn't going to argue.


http://watches.infoniac.com/index.php?page=article...

eta link that works

Edited by Steve748 on Tuesday 30th June 23:43

[cappsy]

me and the missus have j12's big cost but i think excellent watches,i have the black 3 dial version with diamond bezel and the missus has the white one.

they are good watches imo

[Asterix]

Not a fan of fashion watches but the ladies J12 in black is a very attractive watch - would buy one for the missus but it's slight too large a case for her dinky wrists.

[mrodge]

thought long and hard about a J12- now regretting not buying it. They are very well made with good movemnts, and more scratch-proof than basically anything else on the market...

[cappsy]

the wrist problem is a problem! on jade the ceramic blocks to make the watch a little square wristed if u know wat i mean.again inly problem ive ever had with mine was chipping it on the clasp,all repaired now though!