Comments on: “Fake” Heuer and TAG Heuer watches http://www.calibre11.com/fake-heuer-and-tag-heuer-watches/ Reviews and news of TAG Heuer watches Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.calibre11.com/fake-heuer-and-tag-heuer-watches/comment-page-1/#comment-57 admin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:54:21 +0000 http://www.calibre11.com/?p=570#comment-57 Arno, Agree that its far better to have original hands rather than service hands- but the service hands are still correct...just not as correct as the originals. Your second question is interesting. I have bought one of these watches and was very happy with it. Yes, I'd be OK with a left-over case that was assembled by Messer Schrag or Lang- but I don't believe that its a 100% genuine Heuer, because to me only watches assembled by Heuer themselves are 100% genuine. I guess its a case of knowing what you're getting: for example, I knew that the Heuer Calculator that I bougt wasn't 100% right (even though the work was done by Heuer), but I didn't mind as the Calculator is probably not a watch that is really collectible. If I intended to put it in the safe and let it appreciate, I would only buy a 100% genuine watch. Cheers Arno,

Agree that its far better to have original hands rather than service hands- but the service hands are still correct…just not as correct as the originals.

Your second question is interesting. I have bought one of these watches and was very happy with it. Yes, I’d be OK with a left-over case that was assembled by Messer Schrag or Lang- but I don’t believe that its a 100% genuine Heuer, because to me only watches assembled by Heuer themselves are 100% genuine. I guess its a case of knowing what you’re getting: for example, I knew that the Heuer Calculator that I bougt wasn’t 100% right (even though the work was done by Heuer), but I didn’t mind as the Calculator is probably not a watch that is really collectible. If I intended to put it in the safe and let it appreciate, I would only buy a 100% genuine watch.

Cheers

]]> By: www.heuerchronographs.com http://www.calibre11.com/fake-heuer-and-tag-heuer-watches/comment-page-1/#comment-55 www.heuerchronographs.com Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:07:51 +0000 http://www.calibre11.com/?p=570#comment-55 David very interesting post, thanks for putting these definitions together, very helpful.. 1)Genuine and service hands are sometimes a difficult topic, especially if the service hands differ from the original hands, service hands are a more recent business generator, I don't think it was general practice during 60/70/80is. 2)Assembling from vintage nos parts by a specialist like TAG, Schrag or Lang, using Heuer tooling, key is the presence of ref and serial numbers, which most of these left over cases did not have..!!,however would make a genuine nos watch. Whats your view on that? Totally agree on 3) to 5)..maybe 3) is the less rewarding category as you still have to pay an substutial ammount of money and own a hard to sell put together, newbies trap.. Cheers Arno www.heuerchronographs.com David very interesting post, thanks for putting these definitions together, very helpful..
1)Genuine and service hands are sometimes a difficult topic, especially if the service hands differ from the original hands, service hands are a more recent business generator, I don’t think it was general practice during 60/70/80is.
2)Assembling from vintage nos parts by a specialist like TAG, Schrag or Lang, using Heuer tooling, key is the presence of ref and serial numbers, which most of these left over cases did not have..!!,however would make a genuine nos watch. Whats your view on that?
Totally agree on 3) to 5)..maybe 3) is the less rewarding category as you still have to pay an substutial ammount of money and own a hard to sell put together, newbies trap..
Cheers
Arno
http://www.heuerchronographs.com

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