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Offline missoopsie

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need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« on: March 10, 2011, 07:26:37 AM »
hi! i'm a newbie here.

thinking of getting this. pls share your thoughts on it. would u get it for ur wife/ gf?

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/carrera/ladies/montre-quartz/index.lbl?w=WV1411.BA0793
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 07:46:11 AM »
1st of all, welcome to the forum. :Cheers:
Regarding your question, I give you my 2sen...
The Tag that you mention I have not seen it and I'm guessing the retail is between 7-8k?
And it's a quartz. Go for it if your lady fancy it.
But if you look at ladies models frm Mido and Epos or even Tissot... automatic models with diamonds and a mother of pearl dial will cost half of the Tag... or maybe just a fraction of the Tag.
Leave yourself some extra dough for a fancy dinner perhaps?
I myself bought a Mido Belluna Automatic for my wife last year.
Mido M001.230.11.111.01 (I bought this)
Tissot T050.207.16.116.00 (Might buy this for her next)
Epos ref:4314 OH (Or this)
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 07:59:00 AM »
thanks hanz079.

it's going for 6k. there's an automatic version but it's a hassle as i won't be wearing it daily unless i get a watch winder. the mido belluna automatic looks good. :)

i have very little experience and knowledge on watches. i just go by how i feel when i look and hold the watch...
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 08:02:43 AM »
My wife is happy when I got her the Mido.  :angel:
But if your lady have alot of watches to rotate, then maybe a quartz is the way to go.
And I tend to feel that girls rather wear fashion watches.
This watch to go with this dress or that watch to go with that dress...  :HammerHead:
There is no one watch to satisfy a lady... maybe only a Rolex will do...  :Laughing_on_floor:
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 08:07:45 AM »
btw, i'm a she. ::) am thinking of getting it for myself. :)

not into fashion watches. just looking for something versatile for work and dinner.

still open to more suggestions.
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 08:28:33 AM »
Oops...  :P
Just a story to share.
The other night, I was watching TV with my wife and there's an Ad featuring Nicole Kidman flashing the Omega Ladymatic.
My wife was like "Wow, dear... I would love to own that one day"
The next day, being the idiot that I am, called up the Omega boutique to ask on the price.
The exact one that Nicole Kidman is wearing retails at an astonishing rm105k!!!
Even the most lower end one with Stainless steel no diamonds leather strap one is rm25k.
Went home and told my wife "Dream on dear"
Got the silent treatment for a week...  :Laughing_on_floor:
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 08:33:39 AM »
Quote from: hanz079 on March 10, 2011, 08:28:33 AM
Oops...  :P
Just a story to share.
The other night, I was watching TV with my wife and there's an Ad featuring Nicole Kidman flashing the Omega Ladymatic.
My wife was like "Wow, dear... I would love to own that one day"
The next day, being the idiot that I am, called up the Omega boutique to ask on the price.
The exact one that Nicole Kidman is wearing retails at an astonishing rm105k!!!
Even the most lower end one with Stainless steel no diamonds leather strap one is rm25k.
Went home and told my wife "Dream on dear"
Got the silent treatment for a week...  :Laughing_on_floor:

Same here. Barely a year after I got my wife the Omega MOP Aqua Terra Lady Automatic, she now lusts for the Ladymatic. My wife has the older style Aqua Terra with the cal. 2520 movement but now she wants the Ladymatic with the 8520 movement! Women nowadays.. *sigh*
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 08:38:58 AM »
 :Laughing_on_floor:

make that ur inspiration - to get her the watch she wanted. i used to like omega constellation but their look is kinda outdated for me now... 

i know, i know, ppl will  :HammerHead: me as i know nuts about watches. i only go by feel...
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2011, 08:43:50 AM »
Bought it for my fiancee a month ago. Before that we looked at Omega, Mido, Baume et Mercier, and a few other brands and models. So, it finally boiled down to (in no particular order) 1) aesthetics - white mother of pearl face + 2-tone stainless steel is easy to pair with any attire 2) size - anything less than 33mm would be the ideal dress+casual watch combo and 3) the number of blings.

At 27mm, the Carrera is just nice without being too flashy. The diamond at 3 o'clock is smaller than the rest. And they all come with a certificate.

I would have gone for the automatic, but the boutique didn't have it that time.

-Mel
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2011, 08:45:23 AM »
Quote from: missoopsie on March 10, 2011, 08:38:58 AM
make that ur inspiration - to get her the watch she wanted. i used to like omega constellation but their look is kinda outdated for me now... 

Same reason why the fiancee didn't fancy the constellation... she said it's ugly.

--mel
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2011, 08:45:29 AM »
Actually I believe the majority of watchbuyers go by feel... that's why the market is big.
If most buyers are WIS... then only technically superior brands will survive.
That Nicole Kidman ad is POISONOUS!!! Since now I know my wife is not the only one... hahaha
The thing is, she knows nothing about watches... it so happens that it uses a Co-axial 8520 movement and the price is high.
Wouldn't it be better if Omega release the same model with quartz movement and retail it at less than 10k?
Me happy, my wife happy... Omega oso happy mah.  :Dancing_banana:
And during my HK trip, I got to visit the Omega Boutique there and the Ladymatic is all sold out.
No discounts and the Mainland Chinese sapu like its a toy or something... :Confused:
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2011, 08:48:28 AM »
Quote from: spoonfork on March 10, 2011, 08:43:50 AM
Bought it for my fiancee a month ago. Before that we looked at Omega, Mido, Baume et Mercier, and a few other brands and models. So, it finally boiled down to (in no particular order) 1) aesthetics - white mother of pearl face + 2-tone stainless steel is easy to pair with any attire 2) size - anything less than 33mm would be the ideal dress+casual watch combo and 3) the number of blings.

At 27mm, the Carrera is just nice without being too flashy. The diamond at 3 o'clock is smaller than the rest. And they all come with a certificate.

I would have gone for the automatic, but the boutique didn't have it that time.



-Mel

if u dun mind, how much did u pay for it?
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2011, 08:52:42 AM »
Quote from: hanz079 on March 10, 2011, 08:45:29 AM

And during my HK trip, I got to visit the Omega Boutique there and the Ladymatic is all sold out.
No discounts and the Mainland Chinese sapu like its a toy or something... :Confused:

 :o  :o

mainland chinese very rich nowadays...
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2011, 08:54:19 AM »
Last year I thought of getting the Tag F1 ladies for my wifey... but eventually upped the budget slightly and got the omega ladies constellation with diamonds instead!!! Dial size 27mm, quartz with very nice dial IMO.

http://www.omegawatches.com/ladies/constellation/brushed-quartz/12310276051001



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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2011, 08:58:52 AM »
Quote from: ancs88 on March 10, 2011, 08:54:19 AM
Last year I thought of getting the Tag F1 ladies for my wifey... but eventually upped the budget slightly and got the omega ladies constellation with diamonds instead!!! Dial size 27mm, quartz with very nice dial IMO.

http://www.omegawatches.com/ladies/constellation/brushed-quartz/12310276051001



saw it, but no feel...
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2011, 09:02:33 AM »
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2011, 09:11:47 AM »
Budget budget???
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2011, 09:13:49 AM »
Quote from: missoopsie on March 10, 2011, 08:48:28 AM
if u dun mind, how much did u pay for it?

I've already PMed you the price.

Cheers,

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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2011, 11:45:46 PM »
Quote from: missoopsie on March 10, 2011, 08:58:52 AM
saw it, but no feel...

how about this?

Longines L8.109.4.87.6
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2011, 11:46:38 PM »
Or this Concord....
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #20 on: March 14, 2011, 11:43:27 AM »
cloud7, thank you for u suggestions. the concord is too flashy for day wear w the diamond outer ring. but i quite like the longines. will take a look at the real thing. :)
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2011, 02:13:19 PM »
i bought the tag heuer a few mths back. guess i took too long to update.

next target, going for a rectangular watch. any recommendations? set my eyes on a baumer & mercier but can't seem to find the pic online. the diamond are horizontal lined instead of the usual vertical.
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2011, 02:48:07 PM »
Quote from: hanz079 on March 10, 2011, 08:28:33 AM
Oops...  :P
Just a story to share.
The other night, I was watching TV with my wife and there's an Ad featuring Nicole Kidman flashing the Omega Ladymatic.
My wife was like "Wow, dear... I would love to own that one day"
The next day, being the idiot that I am, called up the Omega boutique to ask on the price.
The exact one that Nicole Kidman is wearing retails at an astonishing rm105k!!!
Even the most lower end one with Stainless steel no diamonds leather strap one is rm25k.
Went home and told my wife "Dream on dear"
Got the silent treatment for a week...  :Laughing_on_floor:

Thot there is a RM12k ladymatic, mayb it was a quartz model. Showed it to my wife but she did not like it
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2011, 06:48:38 PM »
few months backs needed to buy something to celebrate 15th yrs of marriage
it has to be a pair, meaningful....only solution is pair of watches..
the missus is a non wis but she can identify with branding.....
a pair of Omega will be expensive and i know she wont approve of it....we r saving $ for another project...
a pair of Seiko, Oris, Tissot doesnt seemed `right' for this occasion....

i knew it has to be a pair of Tag....branding etc and i was looking for a decent quartz as a daily beater to compliment my U1...

then..the LVMH online sale saved me.....order from US, got a pair of F1, almost 60 % discount! they sent to a friend living there and she Fedex-ed it back to Malaysia...no problem... :thumbsup:

when  bought it to local Tag AD to resize...they asked where i purchased...when i told them the pricing....they said they've never seen such good deal.... :Dancing_banana:

yeah..its a quartz, probably over priced due to brand name and advertising..but after the huge discount......soften the blow a bit... :thumbsup:

wife was really happy...a pair of watches.....same brand..and Tags :laugh:

shot taken ...but i was wearing my U1 that day...as it was on the beach.... ;D

« Last Edit: July 29, 2011, 10:10:23 AM by pexus »
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Re: need opinion on this fairly new tag model
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2011, 09:18:17 AM »
Quote from: pexus on July 28, 2011, 06:48:38 PM
few months backs needed to buy something to celebrate 15th yrs of marriage
it has to be a pair, meaningful....only solution is pair of watches..
the missus is a non wis but she can identify with branding.....
a pair of Omega will be expensive and i know she wont approve of it....saving money for another project...
a pair of Seiko, Oris, Tissot doesnt seemed `right' for this occasion....

i knew it has to be a pair of Tag....branding etc and i was looking for a decent quartz as a daily beater to compliment my U1...

then..the LVMH online sale saved me.....order from US, got a pair of F1, almost 60 % discount! the sent to a friend living there and she courier it back...no problem... :thumbsup:

when  bought it to local Tag AD to resize...they asked where i purchased...when i told them the pricing....they said they've never seen such good deal.... :Dancing_banana:

yeah..its a quartz, probably over priced due to brand name and advertising..but after the huge discount......soften the blow a bit... :thumbsup:

wife was really happy...a pair of watches.....same brand..and Tags :laugh:

shot taken ...but i was wearing my U1 that day...as it was on the beach.... ;D



nice!  :thumbsup: me and hubby have a pair a tag too. grand carrera with my carrera.  :)
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