Buying a Watch - Help

G-MAN2004 · 31 Jan 2007 at 18:23

platypus said:
Releasing Helium?

Lol seriously!? Bit pointless though. Why would a watch have helium in it?

pugster · 31 Jan 2007 at 18:33

the helium release valve is pointless to 99% of ppl ,its only use is in deep sea diving below 250ft when you are in a helium staurated enviroment such as a diving bell at great depth ,basiciallly its a marketing gimmick that vitually no one will use but sounds good on the tech sheet

Rotty · 31 Jan 2007 at 19:00

platypus said:
Whats their staying power in terms of value? I'm not a collector by any means but I guess its nice to know, incase I do get one.

high, 70% of RRP on popular models

Rotty · 31 Jan 2007 at 19:02

Helium valve

as pugster says it is used in helium rich environments ( diving bells etc )

helium molecules are very small and will seep into a watch, when you come back to the surface these will rapidly expand, if there is no way for them to escape then they will often shatter the crystal ( glass ) , Opening the valve ( or the automatic valve on some ) prevents this from happening

Chabsy · 31 Jan 2007 at 21:30

Most divers dont wear watches anymore, they use dive computers, if you did dive with Seamaster you'd be safer wearing a nato strap incase of springbar failure.

lakebodom60 · 3 Feb 2007 at 20:15

Rotty said:
re Tag and depreciation then yes you will lose 50% the minute you walk out of the door on most models

Would you say that about this one?... :confused:

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collect...onograph-tachymetre/index.lbl?w=CV2010.BA0786

I for one think that's a damn nice watch!

Rotty · 3 Feb 2007 at 22:03

it's one of the better Tag watches but not something I would be putting my money into

lakebodom60 · 3 Feb 2007 at 23:40

Rotty said:
it's one of the better Tag watches but not something I would be putting my money into

That TAG retails between £1,300 and £1,700. What would you recommend for the same price?

Rotty · 3 Feb 2007 at 23:42

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean and for a bit more ( or 2nd hand ) Rolex non Date Submariner, Panerai 000/005 or used Breitling Navitimer

MikeTimbers · 3 Feb 2007 at 23:52

I got two nice Tag Link watches at Rong Kluea market on the Thai-Cambodian border for £40 the pair!

lakebodom60 · 3 Feb 2007 at 23:55

MikeTimbers said:
I got two nice Tag Link watches at Rong Kluea market on the Thai-Cambodian border for £40 the pair!

Nice.

I got a genuine fake Rolex Submariner for £15 from Turkey, but it's not the same as the real thing when you know that it's a fake.

dafloppyone · 4 Feb 2007 at 00:19

I got a nice £3 one out of asda..

no ones going to be nicking that

lakebodom60 · 4 Feb 2007 at 01:34

Both very nice.

MikeTimbers · 4 Feb 2007 at 09:34

Shvankin said:
Nice. I got a genuine fake Rolex Submariner for £15 from Turkey, but it's not the same as the real thing when you know that it's a fake.

No insurance to worry about
To the untrained eye, looks real
Tells the time to an acceptable level for most people
Very low opportunity cost
No depreciation
No service costs

Even better than the real thing...