So my TSAR is giving me the EOL for the battery does anyone know of a good place in the south end to to get a replacement?

I dont have a block or wrench to do it myself.

Looks like the crash of crypto is putting downward pressure on salon watch prices:

"The decline shows the most sought-after watches from the top Swiss brands haven't been able to maintain lofty prices hit during the pandemic when cash-flush consumers stuck at home snapped up Patek Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks and Rolex Daytonas in a frenzied search for the next hot asset class. Dominated by Rolex references including the Daytona ceramic bezel chronograph and GMT Master II, the Subdial50 Index has declined by almost 5% in 12 months and nearly 17% in half a year."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rolex ... paign=1113

Maybe I can trade in my 1957 Timex auto-winder for a Patek Nautilus?

Other than jukk0u's last post, I'm bringing this thread back from the grave as I have a question.
I don't know why but I got a wild hair and want to get a nice (affordable) watch.
I found one in my price range and think it's not a bad looking one. It is also a well known name.
Need advice/opinions on this:
TAG HEUER Gent's Wristwatch WJF2110

It's at a (respectable) Pawn shop here with a $400 tag on it. **asking and getting are two different things **

What do you all think?

If it was me I wouldn’t, If it ever needs serviced or fixed it may cost you more than you paid for it and finding a good service place may be difficult as well.

At a 400$ budget you can get a nice brand new Hamilton and have a little coin to spare.

Just like a used car you never know what problems you may inherit, and when it comes to watches that is a can of worms you DO NOT wanna open.

Just my .02

Let me also add that if your a Costco member and I had 300$ as a budget this would be mine in a minute….

Nice looking watch. Don't know the brand though. I know that doesn't mean much.
I did read over Costco's Satisfaction guide and was pretty impressed with it.
https://www.costco.com/wcsstore/CostcoUSBCCatalogAssetStore/Attachment/Customer_Satisfaction_Policy.pdf

I'll say this, Costco has got a crap load of name brand watches.

Know anything about this one? Bering Ultra-Thin Men's Quartz Watch
Item 1669227 Model 17240-797

Ill look later when I get home, but Glycine is a solid company and backed by Costcos warranty…..

Just looked at the bering watch and not really my thing but at the price and again Costco warranty screw it, another one on the site I would get is the Seiko Propex Solar dive for 279.99$.

Gotta pass on that one. Case Diameter: 46.7 mm is too big for my skinny wrists.

All the rage in the late 90s to mid 00s. It may have the Calibre 5 movement which again is the ETA 2824-2 or the Sellita SW-200-1. Any of them can be rather easily repaired by any half decent independent watchmaker. If you like the style it will probably run a very long time, providing it wasn't abused by the previous owners.

Also caveat TAG Heuer sold about a bazillion of the Link variants and they are heavily counterfeited. For research, here was the 'small seconds' version recently sold by a high end watch dealer in California.

https://topperjewelers.com/collections/ ... euer-12119

Browse the Topper site, call them, ask for Rob and tell him you want the WUS VIP experience. He'll enjoy that. Personally, if you like the look, this one is a winner:

https://topperjewelers.com/collections/ ... ssot-12098

Here is a little good news.
I did a search of Tag Heuer authorized facilities.
One here <only one> came up close by.
Simmons Fine Jewelry - 15 miles away
4.9 stars 904 Google reviews - this looks pretty good to me.
I'm thinking that if I go with that Link, then I take it straight to Simmons to 1) Have it authenticated and 2) Get a price on a cleaning/tune-up.
The shop that is selling it has a 30 day guarantee so really nothing to worry about.

From their website:

Sounds like a win/win situation.

First post of 2023 lol

Trendsetter!

I don't have anything fancy, but here's a couple of mine. SKX, and a ProTrek.