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Is my TAG Heuer Authentic? All questions here please
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Pitfitter446
·I am never buying a 1000 no siree.
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Aquagraph
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Does this Aquaracer look right to you? It has that Pagani looking bezel, or am I seeing ghosts?
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jamesbizs
·But of those are fake as shit
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Does this Aquaracer look right to you? It has that Pagani looking bezel, or am I seeing ghosts?
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Jim Dollares
·At least I know mine is genuine, I might still have the receipt in the box,about 38 year old now.
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Nessy101
·Hi all,
My first post so be please be gentle 😀.
Picked this Formula 1 up yesterday and fully expected it to be fake if I’m being quite honest as it didn’t seem to have the same build quality as my only other Tag , a Series 2000.
You can imagine my surprise when I removed the case back and found an ETA movement and the name Tag Heuer 😀.
That got me thinking that it could actually be genuine , so I’d be really grateful if anyone could confirm the good news that it is real or give me the bad news that it isn’t 🙁.
It wasn’t that filthy on purchase so I think that if it is real then it may not have had much use , the glass face only has 1 small scratch, the bezel a few minor abrasions and the clasp 1 big scratch .
The lume fades markedly after about 4 hours and it keeps perfect time, I’ve had it running almost 24 hours now and it’s still exact, the bezel also only turns anti-clockwise.
Some of the pics were taken prior to cleaning so excuse the dirt!
Thanks!
My first post so be please be gentle 😀.
Picked this Formula 1 up yesterday and fully expected it to be fake if I’m being quite honest as it didn’t seem to have the same build quality as my only other Tag , a Series 2000.
You can imagine my surprise when I removed the case back and found an ETA movement and the name Tag Heuer 😀.
That got me thinking that it could actually be genuine , so I’d be really grateful if anyone could confirm the good news that it is real or give me the bad news that it isn’t 🙁.
It wasn’t that filthy on purchase so I think that if it is real then it may not have had much use , the glass face only has 1 small scratch, the bezel a few minor abrasions and the clasp 1 big scratch .
The lume fades markedly after about 4 hours and it keeps perfect time, I’ve had it running almost 24 hours now and it’s still exact, the bezel also only turns anti-clockwise.
Some of the pics were taken prior to cleaning so excuse the dirt!
Thanks!
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Nessy101
·Edit , I can’t get a very good photo, but the movement apart from saying Tag Heuer 4.96 also has ETA 955412 .
I also can’t get it to photograph very well , but under the 200 Meters on the case back it is stamped WA1211 in a much less deep text than the rest of the case back , in fact it looks like a series of dots stamped?
I also can’t get it to photograph very well , but under the 200 Meters on the case back it is stamped WA1211 in a much less deep text than the rest of the case back , in fact it looks like a series of dots stamped?
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imagwai
·N Nessy101Hi all,
My first post so be please be gentle 😀.
Picked this Formula 1 up yesterday and fully expected it to be fake if I’m being quite honest as it didn’t seem to have the same build quality as my only other Tag , a Series 2000.
You can imagine my surprise when I removed the case back and found an ETA movement and the name Tag Heuer 😀.
That got me thinking that it could actually be genuine , so I’d be really grateful if anyone could confirm the good news that it is real or give me the bad news that it isn’t 🙁.
It wasn’t that filthy on purchase so I think that if it is real then it may not have had much use , the glass face only has 1 small scratch, the bezel a few minor abrasions and the clasp 1 big scratch .
The lume fades markedly after about 4 hours and it keeps perfect time, I’ve had it running almost 24 hours now and it’s still exact, the bezel also only turns anti-clockwise.
Some of the pics were taken prior to cleaning so excuse the dirt!
Thanks!
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Nessy101
·I can't add any more than what I told you over at Watchuseek, but as I mentioned, @Aquagraph and @Snowy are probably the experts on these models. Personally, I think you did exceedingly well for £5!
Thanks for letting me know about this forum!
I’m hoping that the experts that you mentioned can put me out of my misery 😀.
Cheers
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Aquagraph
·Looks fine to me.... I can't actually recall ever seeing a fake 'classic' F1, there doesn't seem much point really cos they aren't worth a fortune anyway. You do get a lot of 'replacement' bezels and stuff like that, but I think that's tolerated since they were so easily damaged and made of plastic. I paid about £160 for a similar piece not too long ago (on a plastic strap) so I think you got the bargain of the year there.
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Nessy101
·Looks fine to me.... I can't actually recall ever seeing a fake 'classic' F1, there doesn't seem much point really cos they aren't worth a fortune anyway. You do get a lot of 'replacement' bezels and stuff like that, but I think that's tolerated since they were so easily damaged and made of plastic. I paid about £160 for a similar piece not too long ago (on a plastic strap) so I think you got the bargain of the
year there.
😀
Thanks Aquagraph!
I picked this up a car boot sale yesterday and the seller (who had a few other junky watches on his stall) said he wasn’t sure if it was genuine but as he’d paid £3 to have a new battery installed he wanted £5 for it.
I decided to take a gamble on it but he did say “you’ve got a good buy there” as I walked away but I didn’t think he was being serious 😁.
I must confess that many years ago when I had my first decent wages and bought myself the Series 2000 the Formula 1 didn’t get a glance from me 🙁, but now that I’ve got one , I rather like it 😁.
It’s going to join my small collection of watches now.
Thanks again!
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Jim Dollares
·N Nessy101It’s going to join my small collection of watches now
Welcome to the best forum in the world
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mfriend
·http://tagheuerenthusiast.blogspot.com/2020/10/history-tag-heuer-golf-2005-2009.html
WEA1112.FT6008 by the looks of it... fake ones are usually 'TIGER WOODS' models.
https://thompsonsjewellers.ca/product/115-15572-tag-heuer/
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Jim Dollares
·Picture or the account not mine. But i am curious if i am missing something or forgot. Did Tag Heuer ever have green khaki calibre 5 before ?
Edit: no opinion on the authenticity of the one you posted though, photo too blurry
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Aquagraph
·They sure did, its the one where the TAG Heuer logo completely disappears at some angles. It was released with the Camouflage model IIRC.
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Aquagraph
·is there an easy way to tell if one is legit or not? was browsing the online shop of a local jewelry store and they have the Tiger Woods one in there shop..... and I was thinking about it...... and on the same note is $1500 CDN a reasonable price for one?
https://thompsonsjewellers.ca/product/115-15572-tag-heuer/
Amazingly, Golf models seem to hold their value better than you would expect. But even so that looks a tad high for the condition. Not sure if there is an easy way to ensure authenticity, if I was buying a Golf I think I would be sending it to TAG to authenticate immediately.
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HoltzPlatz
·Here's a listing mislabeled as "AG Heuer Carrera Watch". Clearly it's a rare SLS model🤦
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