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agree with you on Rolex and Lange.
May 25, 2022,13:51 PM
no problems with their reliability.
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The Emperor's New Clothes…(high end watches related)
By: MilDiver : May 25th, 2022-06:26
I know they cost much I know the “demand “ is high and market price is few fold the msrp I know everyone like to show and bragg I know they are high end… BUT The not so hidden secret, but less mentioned is the fact that many of these high end watches are ...
My rolex day-date turns 50 this year and runs fine
By: chk : May 25th, 2022-06:59
But I heard a story of new Swiss watches that had Time for a strap change? needed service soon after sale and returned with the same error that brought it to service in the first place. Which sounds odd. ...
Not only the Swiss
By: George Gently : May 25th, 2022-07:28
Anecdotal, but my Lange 1 (2019 bought at Bucherer) is very inaccurate when it comes to timekeeping. It has been sent to Glashütte for correction. It came back with an even worse chronometer performance. It has a severe impact on my joy of ownership. So m...
This is why my two favourite brands are Rolex and Lange
By: emcquillan : May 25th, 2022-07:39
Having purchased eight modern Rolex over the past 10 years and having zero issues and only one service on the oldest watch (totally my fault and a story for over a glass of wine and a laugh) I “get it”. Rolex are built to live, work and play on the wrist ...
Any watch can always suffer from malfunctioning
By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : May 25th, 2022-08:46
But there are many differences between a brand new movement made in 50 pieces and an old one made in thousands, for instance. Do the majority of today's buyers care about it? Don't think so, unfortunately.
Agree 100% and
By: Pelle_thorstenson : May 25th, 2022-09:48
to add something to your wise thoughts the top brands (VC for example) dont have the decency to apologgies when they fail to repair what is broken or miss the scheduled finish date with many many weeks. It goes without saying that in any other business a ...
sure...
By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : May 25th, 2022-11:47
on two occasion with two watch i had some issues with Zenith. On both count with two different model that were supposed to be chronometer certified i got units that had more then 10sec/day. One of them of the Defy Inventor which was supposed to be the bes...
Thank you :-)
By: George Gently : May 25th, 2022-12:00
The Defy Inventor chronometric performance is disappointing, indeed.
TRUTH!!!
By: Motty : May 25th, 2022-11:37
Wow someone has the decency to say the truth. I know with AP in specific they can have issues but reading here I see much more companies have as well issues. in reality a product that you buy for the prices that these watches go for, especially the ones t...
Perhaps Certain Timepiece Manufacturers Need Better Beta Testing?
By: enjoythemusic : May 25th, 2022-11:38
Ming also had a timepiece with 'flaws', which was corrected gratis after the public took delivery and discovered the problem. If Ming had proper Beta Testers, this situation may have been solved before delivery to the public. Recently acquired a Czapek Mo...
MING did have beta testers for that initially-problematic 17.09
By: jiggerly-cool : May 27th, 2022-06:06
...they're also known as "all the folks who jumped at the ming x massena 17.09" -- and they paid a premium for the privilege! 😹 By the time buyers of the standard/non-beta 17.09s got their watches, the bugs had been identified and squashed, haha
Ahhh thx and good to know.
By: enjoythemusic : May 27th, 2022-12:38
Again, thanks for chiming in. Love Ming's designs, especially the minimal design dials.
I agree
By: Motty : May 25th, 2022-23:17
But I have to disagree about cars which I used to drive cheaper vehicles and never had any issues, now with the range rovers and Land Rover defender they live in the shop, crack the windshield and have electrical issues and there’s no one to talk too. Ter...
Design parameters have changed.
By: mkvc : May 25th, 2022-16:10
Watches are made extremely precisely these days, but that typically means small problems disable them. I find my older watches to be very reliable. They are not engineered to such tight tolerances, and if something gets a few microns out of place they jus...
Same here.
By: pptraveltime : May 25th, 2022-16:28
New 15500st sudden stoped once in a while. I sold it eventually and never touch this brand. I appreciate you spilled this out.
same with cars
By: aston.db4 : May 25th, 2022-16:29
what you're referring also works with cars as well, an example would be the BMW 3-series vs. 7-series engine. stuff that is more mass produced, the engineers are able to work out the flaws and kinks with each update. unfortunately this isn't the case with...
I appreciate very much your reply.
By: oyster case : May 25th, 2022-21:23
I don't think you really need to apologize for piling on, as it's perfectly ok to inform others of your experience. My issue is with the OP's thread singling out AP for apparent quality control shortcomings. I think my greater issue is with the nature of ...
+1
By: NickO : May 25th, 2022-23:45
I thought that last night when I first saw this post but I didn’t comment. I came back today and was surprised at how many comments there were before someone stated this obvious bias.
Reliability of high end brands
By: chezlaskin : May 27th, 2022-06:30
I have one word for everyone: ETA. The sometimes maligned mass-produced movements are - for the most part - dead-on reliable. They are the Toyotas and Hondas of the watch world: easy to work on, parts always available, reliable, accurate, and any qualifie...