Is my TAG Heuer Authentic? All questions here please

Aquagraph

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tag-Heue...sion-Chronograph-McLAREN-MP4-12C/264603936022

Turpinr

Mmmmm no bids so far 🙁

Aquagraph

Looks fine to me!

imagwai

The Rolex is already bid past £2000. Most likely shill bidding - surely nobody would fall for that terrible item. Although it bears a passing resemblance to a Rolex, that display back is awful. Apart from the fact Rolex don't have them, the rotor looks like it's made from gold-coloured tin foil.

Have reported both this seller's items.

imagwai

The Rolex is already bid past £2000. Most likely shill bidding - surely nobody would fall for that terrible item. Although it bears a passing resemblance to a Rolex, that display back is awful. Apart from the fact Rolex don't have them, the rotor looks like it's made from gold-coloured tin foil.

Have reported both this seller's items.

Marcos Alvarenga

Hello. Trying to purchase my first Tag. Doing so I should start with something not so expensive. Is that a good start? Does it look authentic? Thanks everyone.

Marcos Alvarenga

Bought this one. A good offer, I think. About £180,00.

Now another that caught my attention: this time I’m not worried about authenticity, but there’s a huge oxidation in this link Calibre S. It will cost about £230,00. How much would I spend to repair this? I know the calibre S is not a worshipped model, but it caught my imagination in an advertising a decade ago. Those things are hard to forget.

Aquagraph

Calibre S is awesome, who cares if it's a worshipped model or not. You will never tire of pushing the crown in and watching all the hands reset to 12/0. No idea of cost, but I would be cautious about buying in that condition, what has caused this problem, are there other problems. Calibre S is not something that any old watchmaker can fix for you, it will have to go back to TAG. I would wait for another one myself.

B Bikermiff

Hi. Thanks for letting me join people ☺

I just bought a tag heuer link from a high street jeweller and I'm struggling to find clear reference for the model number and would be grateful for some help.

The model ref is WJF211A.

I found pictures of watches for sale that share this ref but that doesn't mean they're legitimate. Can any of you confirm this is a legitimate code please?

I could also use some help with ageing the watch from the serial number. I've seen others on here recommend not posting serial numbers so the fakers don't have another to copy. Is there a reference that's accessible online for me to check against?

Thanks in advance.

Aquagraph

A good place to start is the catalogues on Calibre 11, go to the main Calibre 11 page (not the forum, the actual site) then click 'Knowledge Centre' then 'Catalogues'... the catalogues are by no means exhaustive (and the recent catalogues are completely inadequate) but this is a good place to start. Also this is the kind of watch that's more likely to stick around for a few years so more likely to be in at least one catalogue.