Questions about Tag Heuer watches

I noticed several of their watches have "automatic movement". What does that mean? Is it like atomic watches where it has extremely accurate time measurement? Does Tag Heuer carry any watches with that kind of accuracy? If not, any other brands? My price range is about $500 USD. thanks.

Automatic movement means that there is no battery. It is powered by the movement of the wearer's wrist. If you stop wearing it, after a day or two, it'll stop until you wear it again.

Originally Posted by gambit_360

Automatic movement means that there is no battery. It is powered by the movement of the wearer's wrist. If you stop wearing it, after a day or two, it'll stop until you wear it again.

thanks for the information.

Yeah. they're the same as "Kinetic" watches.

Automatic movement means it's a mechanical watch powered by gears and springs. Much less accurate than a quartz watch...but also much more elegant. The movement of the user's hands causes a weight to turn which in turn "winds" the watch spring. Some watches don't have this weight and the user must manually wind up the watch at regular intervals.

Originally Posted by Happy13178

Yeah. they're the same as "Kinetic" watches.

If you're referring to the Seiko Kinetic watches, you're not even close.

One thing I remmebr about tag heuer watches is that 10 years ago one could be had for as little as $400Cdn for the genuine stuff and then around 2000 Tag Heuer increased their prices on their watches considerably and immediately sales rose several fold as they now appeared more exclusive by sitting in the price range of more prestigious brands.

Originally Posted by gh05t

One thing I remmebr about tag heuer watches is that 10 years ago one could be had for as little as $400Cdn for the genuine stuff and then around 2000 Tag Heuer increased their prices on their watches considerably and immediately sales rose several fold as they now appeared more exclusive by sitting in the price range of more prestigious brands.

Tag watches has always been more than that..
They have 1 model that is below $500. Which is their Formula 1 sports watch with the plastic wristband... I believe it was about $450 for that watch.....
Still a very good watch, but it was the entry level Tag.

All the other Tag's with leather or metal bands are over $1000. Has always.

$ 500 US for a watch ?????? You've got to be kidding ...run out of things to spend money on ? I hope you gave just as much to charity this year.....$ 500 for a simple watch to tell me what time is ??????......buying a watch is about the 800th in rank of what I'd spend $500 on !!!!! Must ne nice to have money to burn.

What does this Tag do that a normal watch doesn't do...sit up and bark ?

Got my Timex about 5 years ago or more ....$60....still works like a charm. Can anybody beat that ?????

PT Barnum was right.......

"There's a sucker born every minute"

Originally Posted by poedua

$ 500 US for a watch ?????? You've got to be kidding ...run out of things to spend money on ? I hope you gave just as much to charity this year.....$ 500 for a simple watch to tell me what time is ??????......buying a watch is about the 800th in rank of what I'd spend $500 on !!!!! Must ne nice to have money to burn.

What does this Tag do that a normal watch doesn't do...sit up and bark ?

Got my Timex about 5 years ago or more ....$60....still works like a charm. Can anybody beat that ?????

PT Barnum was right.......

"There's a sucker born every minute"

To each his own. What some people rank in terms of "purchasing" will be different of yours. Why try to insult them?

Originally Posted by Hurk

To each his own. What some people rank in terms of "purchasing" will be different of yours. Why try to insult them?

I just think spending $500 for a stupid watch is a 'sucker"play in my book ...no insult......he can buy what he wants......

Hmmmmmm....

$60 for Timex & $440 to the Salvation Army for the needy , ( maybe the Food Bank )

OR

$500 for a Tag

choices....choices.....choices....

what to do.....what to do.....what to do........???????


SOMETIMES, just SOMETIMES choices people make says a lot about them, doesn't it....like spending $500 on a stupid watch.

I dare anyone on this Forum to do better than my $60 for my Timex still humming along after 5 years !!!!

Originally Posted by poedua

I just think spending $500 for a stupid watch is a 'sucker"play in my book ...no insult......he can buy what he wants......

Ya whatever dude.

A high priced watch is a luxury item, which by definition goes beyond basic needs addressed by a cheaper version. So you mean to tell us that if we work hard and make lots of money, we should donate it all away? You mean to tell us if you made good money (say $200,000 a year), you would always drive the cheapest car, live in the smallest house, eat McDonalds, only buy cheap $300 Dells, after all, those just get the job done also...no need to spend any more than that...because those items serve the same function.

Spare us your self-righteous diatribe please.

Originally Posted by poedua

I just think spending $500 for a stupid watch is a 'sucker"play in my book ...no insult......he can buy what he wants......

Hmmmmmm....

$60 for Timex & $440 to the Salvation Army for the needy , ( maybe the Food Bank )

OR

$500 for a Tag

choices....choices.....choices....

what to do.....what to do.....what to do........???????


SOMETIMES, just SOMETIMES choices people make says a lot about them, doesn't it....like spending $500 on a stupid watch.

I dare anyone on this Forum to do better than my $60 for my Timex still humming along after 5 years !!!!

Again, that's your opinion. You think a $500 watch is stupid. I think most Timex watches are ugly and unless I was working out and in jogging pants, I would never wear one. That's my opinion. So spending $60 on an ugly watch would be pointless, because I could spend more money on a watch I do like.

Again, to each his own.

to poedua

what people buy with their money is their business. i'm guessing ur all decked out in ur walmart shoes outfit etc (not that anything is wrong with it) else anything above that by your own categorization you would be a sucker.

lol, poedua. you can say the same thing about *ANY* luxury purchase...

- any car manufactured by Acura, Lexus, Infiniti, MB, BMW
- a house in the GTA that costs over $350k, to be used for a 4-person (or smaller) family
- a TV bigger than 20"
- a stereo system with more than 2 speakers ("surround sound"? who the hell *needs* that?)
- a computer faster than 2.0GHz

etc. etc.

I dare anyone on this Forum to do better than my $60 for my Timex still humming along after 5 years !!!!

I guess I already have you beat since I have a Casio which cost $9.99 when I bought it back in 1995 or so... 1 battery replacement later, it's "still humming along"...