Raymond Weil watches

letsbehonest

Just a little rant.
I have a gents Raymond Weil watch which needs a new clasp, quoted £60 ! , "well it is a swiss made watch" I was told and are expensive, It also needs a new battery "well that will be another £30" (yer right). I took the back off the watch, quite simple, ordered a new battery from Amazon £1.84 inc P&P job done.
whilst I had the back off I noticed It contained just a ordinary quartz movement found in many cheap watches. This is a £550 watch, or maybe a £50 quid watch with a £500 quid name on it.

mr_fishbulb

They charge that much because people with expensive watches can and will pay that much.

Bit like cheap hotels having free wi-fi but you have to pay for it in expensive ones.

hbloomers

I have a ladies Raymond Weil watch and the dye on the leather strap is starting to fade off onto my skin.

Enfieldian

mr_fishbulb wrote: »

They charge that much because people with expensive watches can and will pay that much.

Bit like cheap hotels having free wi-fi but you have to pay for it in expensive ones.

Exactly.

I have had two Tag Heuer watches, the first one I gave to my father who took it to have the battery changed at a "Swiss watch specialist" (It was either Ernest Jones or Watches of Switzerland) and they wanted over £200 to send it away to the labs in Switzerland for a "full service" as it could only be done with special tools in a special environment etc.....

Luckily I told him in time that I had been to a local watch repair place every three or four years with mine, paid about £10 and never had a problem.

His is now over 15 years old and mine is getting on for 10 and both are still going strong.

viktory

Enfieldian wrote: »

I have had two Tag Heuer watches, the first one I gave to my father who took it to have the battery changed at a "Swiss watch specialist" (It was either Ernest Jones or Watches of Switzerland) and they wanted over £200 to send it away to the labs in Switzerland for a "full service" as it could only be done with special tools in a special environment etc.....

Hmm, strange that because my husbands Tag gets a new battery and service through Ernest Jones for £50.

I have an Omega and it is worth every penny of the £1,700 price tag.

matty538

I have a Breitling Emergency for work, and a service is about £300, however Id never scrimp on the servicing.
Like a prestige car the service history is important in keeping its value up

frivolous_fay

matty538 wrote: »

Like a prestige car the service history is important in keeping its value up

Blimey... my watch just tells the time.

cattie

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Blimey... my watch just tells the time.

What, yours has this fantastic feature? Wish mine were the same.
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

hippyadam

Now this is real luxury! :cool:

Samba_Pa_Ti

i service mine myself, 2 quid on batterys every 10 years,
i rarely wear it now though since its more of a keepsake than a watch (belonged to my grandad).

http://jiggawoo.boldlygoingnowhere.org/seiko

i did just buy a tracer watch as well, servicing these might be hard if the radioactive bits break/wear out.

http://jiggawoo.boldlygoingnowhere.org/tracer

MurdochMcMaster

I ask my wife what the time is! (Mind you, she's even more expensive to maintain than a Omega...)