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dod said:
picked one of these up today. I know Tags don't get much love on here but I've liked the look of this for a while :) Casual enough for jeans but still dressy enough for a suit :)
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That one has the movement that kicked up lots of fuss amongst the horology masses - TAG Heuer claimed it was 100% in house, but it was a reworked Seiko movement or something.

That stuff clearly doesn't matter to you, and it does look like a rather snazzy piece.

If you're happy with it, then that's all the matters Dod.
 
Not had this for very long and unfortunately the crown did a disappearing trick at some point and I cannot find it. Does anyone know whether this is easily repairable? I think the watch back requires a special tool to remove it but am unsure if you need to get inside to put on a new crown?

I have seen that there are a load of Omega crowns on Ebay but have no idea what size it originally was??

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Liking that classic Omega MrCake - no idea about the crown, sorry. But depending on why you purchased the watch, I wouldn't go taking off the back without the ability to properly reseal and pressure test it.
 
I've always thought watches as a bit pointless but recently (must be getting old) I'm liking the idea of getting a decent watch.

I like the 'skeleton' look. What are people's thoughts on this watch:

http://www.watchshop.com/mens-dreyf...-chronograph-watch-dgs00071-04-p99955950.html

There's also a 'gold' version but I'm not much of a fan of fake/gold plating.

There's also the "Oris Artelier" but they're twice the price and less functional?
 
MrCake said:
Not had this for very long and unfortunately the crown did a disappearing trick at some point and I cannot find it. Does anyone know whether this is easily repairable? I think the watch back requires a special tool to remove it but am unsure if you need to get inside to put on a new crown?

I have seen that there are a load of Omega crowns on Ebay but have no idea what size it originally was??

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Yes, you need to get inside to repair it. Use a watchmaker.
 
hughtrimble said:
That one has the movement that kicked up lots of fuss amongst the horology masses - TAG Heuer claimed it was 100% in house, but it was a reworked Seiko movement or something.

That stuff clearly doesn't matter to you, and it does look like a rather snazzy piece.

If you're happy with it, then that's all the matters Dod.
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The story on the movement is:

The idea for Calibre 1887 started about 4 years, when TAG Heuer decided that it needed to have access to its own high-volume chronograph movement, to ensure that supply wasn’t constrained by whatever Swatch ended up deciding to do with supplying ETA movements outside the group. Yes, TAG Heuer had good access to the El Primero Calibre 36, but not in the volumes required.

TAG Heuer acquired the rights to the European production of the 6s37 from Seiko Instruments and then began the process of re-engineering the movement and putting together the resources and skills for production of the movement.

The Calibre 1887 is an integrated chronograph movement with 320 parts in total. Of that, about 270 are made in Switzerland, some by TAG Heuer/ Cortech (bridges, plates, oscillating weight) and some by specialist suppliers such as Nivarox. Some of these parts have been upgraded from the original design (for example, the main plates are larger).

The key specs of the movement are as follows:

28,800 vibrations/ hr
50 hour power reserve
39 Jewels (41 if fitted with power reserve)
Oscillating Pinion
Column Wheel
High Efficiency Rewinding (“HER”) system
12-6-9 dial layout
 
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Tried on the moonwatch with a solid and clear caseback and neither sat on my wrist very well, this was perfect however. Mind made up, will take the plunge soon hopefully.
 
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