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Hornets_Nest
·I have a TAG Formula 1 WAC1113/0 in Red - it's around 20 years old.
The watch suffers from the common issue of the deterioration of the bumpers though to be fair I've seen far worse. I did send it to TAG for a quotation to repair (replace case middle) inc a service and also a new bezel which worked out at £520 inc VAT. I decided not to authorise the repair.
Now in terms of keeping time the watch hasn't missed a beat but I am now conscious of the fact if I wear it a lot it will continue to deteriorate cosmetically. If I had gone through with the repair then a few years down the line I'd be back in the same situation with a repair even more difficult due to scarcity of parts.
Given how common this problem is I am quite surprised that TAG didn't commission a limited run of all metal case middles and offer this as a more robust repair to owners. I know this would technically make the watch a 'hybrid' if that mod was done but I want a watch I can use and now I don't feel that I have that.
The watch suffers from the common issue of the deterioration of the bumpers though to be fair I've seen far worse. I did send it to TAG for a quotation to repair (replace case middle) inc a service and also a new bezel which worked out at £520 inc VAT. I decided not to authorise the repair.
Now in terms of keeping time the watch hasn't missed a beat but I am now conscious of the fact if I wear it a lot it will continue to deteriorate cosmetically. If I had gone through with the repair then a few years down the line I'd be back in the same situation with a repair even more difficult due to scarcity of parts.
Given how common this problem is I am quite surprised that TAG didn't commission a limited run of all metal case middles and offer this as a more robust repair to owners. I know this would technically make the watch a 'hybrid' if that mod was done but I want a watch I can use and now I don't feel that I have that.
