Are Breitling having a laugh?

For everybody's info it's a Mercielago. And yes, Lamborghini say the clutch will last between 6000 and 10,000 miles with normal driving or less if driven "hard". In my bosses case that normally equates to around 5,000 miles but he once did one and a full set of tyres in 3,000 miles.

The Lambo main dealer once told me they had seen one go in only 600 miles but he was a really bad driver :eek:

Oem "genuine" clutches can be found for around £3,000 on the internet, main and specialist dealer are more expensive plus fitting.

I've just pulled the car file and standard clutch with fitting is £6,000. A service every 7,500 miles is a grand. Brake discs are £2,000 a wheel if needed.

Rear tyres are £700 each, fronts are £300 so £2,000 for a full set.

Okay, I was a bit off with £10,000 although it always seems to need other stuff doing like brake pads and he tends to get it serviced as well while it's there but basically a clutch and tyres is only £8,000, not £10,000 as previously stated.

My point still stands though.
 
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Disco Boy said:
I'm fully aware of how much straps costs and how to change one. My point was that branded straps from any watchmaker like Breitling will cost over £100. £110 is actually the lowest I've seen quoted. Some people want the branded straps and you have to play the mugs game if you want to keep your watch "original". This is why my watch is on a bracelet ;) I had addumed that he would have known this before he sent his watch off, it'd take about 5 minutes to ask in his jewellery shop to look up how much they are.

£550 for a battery and pressure testing is a joke. But if that's all it needed then I wonder why he sent it off to Breitling in the first place.
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Keep your knickers on. I wasn't suggesting you weren't aware of what other straps cost, I was continuing the conversation from your point for the benefit of the OP:rolleyes:;).
 
Dutch Guy said:
As Skidder said a strap only costs a few quid in materials, but when Breitling is branded on it the price jumps to 110 quid, daylight robbery :(

And a service, I guess all they do is take the back off, replace battery, take out inside, clean the glass and put it back, no way that can cost 450 quid.

I bet if something is broken you also need to pay for a replacement part.
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A mechanical watch requires servicing and it's more than just taking a cover off and blowing the dirt out how you're assuming :confused:

I don't even wear a watch but fully understand that high quality mechanical devices/machinery need regular servicing and these things do take time and require attention to detail.

You don't take your car to the garage for a service and only expect them to take the oil filler cap off, insert some cleaning agent and give it back to you, surely?
 
Khaaan! said:
A mechanical watch requires servicing and it's more than just taking a cover off and blowing the dirt out how you're assuming :confused:

I don't even wear a watch but fully understand that high quality mechanical devices/machinery need regular servicing.
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It's a qaurtz. The price will be for a case refurb, battery swap and test. If it were a mechanical watch then of course it would require a proper service.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Then again, you can reason all three of those, a nicer car is actually, you know nicer, a more luxury expensive car is, well, more luxury,
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lets replace the words Car with Watch

Then again, you can reason all three of those, a nicer watch is actually, you know nicer, a more luxury expensive watch is, well, more luxury.

see what I did there, same principal applies :)

No one can argue that there is nodifference in quality between a Casio and Breitling.

As for the high service charges, You only really need to service you watch every few years, so its not really that much of an issue.
 
carlazai said:
I would suggest that the digital is more sophisticated! Its quite a comical thread.
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Depends what way you look at it. A certified chronometer movement is more sophisticated than a quartz one from Casio. The watch is most certainly more aesthetically pleasing. Yes the thread is comical. :D
 
simulatorman said:
Depends what way you look at it. A certified chronometer movement is more sophisticated than a quartz one from Casio. The watch is most certainly more aesthetically pleasing. Yes the thread is comical. :D
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But which is more accurate and therefore better at telling the time?
 
lakitu said:
But which is more accurate and therefore better at telling the time?
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Does the exact time really matter??? If it was say 13:13 and i asked someone the time, they're only gonna say "quarter past one" thats two minutes gone right there :D




this post is not to be taken seriously
 
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mangobreeder said:
No one can argue that there is no difference in quality between a Casio and Breitling.

As for the high service charges, You only really need to service you watch every few years, so its not really that much of an issue.
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Depends how you define the quality of an item. If you judge a watch by the accuracy with which it tells the time, then a quartz movement is likely to be higher quality than a complex fully certified chronometer.

As a piece of jewellery then yes, a Breitling is certainly better quality, but lets not pretend it's actually better at doing what a watch is meant to do, tell the time.

Funnily enough, I've heard people pooh-pooh the idea of buying a quartz watch as they'd need to replace the battery, opting instead for an expensive fully automatic movement. They don't seem to realise that a decent quartz watch will need 1 battery every 10 years, costing £3, whereas a mechanical might need servicing every 3 years at significantly higher cost.
 
Von Luck said:
Depends how you define the quality of an item. If you judge a watch by the accuracy with which it tells the time, then a quartz movement is likely to be higher quality than a complex fully certified chronometer.

As a piece of jewellery then yes, a Breitling is certainly better quality, but lets not pretend it's actually better at doing what a watch is meant to do, tell the time.

Funnily enough, I've heard people pooh-pooh the idea of buying a quartz watch as they'd need to replace the battery, opting instead for an expensive fully automatic movement. They don't seem to realise that a decent quartz watch will need 1 battery every 10 years, costing £3, whereas a mechanical might need servicing every 3 years at significantly higher cost.
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people wear watches for other reasons than just telling the time

to name a few other reason for wearing a luxury watch
Engineering. Heritage. Craftsmanship. Exclusivity. Aesthetics. Tradition
 
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