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MG Midget and Sprite General - anyone used this company MSC

As the title suggests

Has anyone bought a watch from this company, did it do what it says on the tin?

http://www.replicahause.com/
Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo

LOL - cheapskate :)!

Haven't got a clue - I just buy cheap and cheerful on ebay - coz I'm a Scot, and, therefore, even more so!
rachmacb

imagine they are ultracheap sh1te which will last possibly a few weeks or months. Whereas a real quality watch will last a lifetime and still be worth leaving to the next generation...
David Smith

Guess you dont know much about replica watches then David?
Some are manufactured using top quality swiss incabloc movements and are gold plated exactly like the originals that you prefer to pay over the odds for.

Granted the ones you buy on holiday in the canaries are cheap junk but that is another story. :)
Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo

buy a real one. iv got a 1920s omega seamaster and a tag heuer.i have them serviced every year and they will last forever. the tag has a sapphire crystal lense on it and is 100% unscratchable.i paid £1900 for it 7 years ago and i could get most of that back if i resold it.the omega was my grandads and keeps as good time now as when it was new.a quality watch is a real investment,plus you feel good wearing it.
roy j

rob you make a good point in saying that replica doesnt mean crap. some of them are as good quality as the real deal.they will have no resale value though so it is a purchase rather that an investment,depends what you want from it really.
roy j

I had a Tag that I lost on holiday when you put everything in a basket to get through the airport checks Was I pi55ed off? you bet!!

By the way roy the replicas also have a crystal lens :)
Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo

rob im not surprised about the crystal lense,some replicas are as good as the real deal.its the sapphire crystal you wanna go for as it will last forever. was your tag insured or did you lose the lot? iv got a seperate insurance on mine as basic house insurance will try to wriggle out of paying out when you need it.if i lost the tag i would be miffed but insurance would cover it,if i lost the omega i would be in bits as it means alot to me.
roy j

Plus there are the minor matters of trade mark infringement and counterfiet goods, Bob, which thanks to the last government are now *criminal* offences rather than just civil matters ... why not just buy a nice vintage one on ebay and get it serviced as Rachel suggests - I have accumulated a nice collection and never bid into treble figures, but some have appreciated very nicely and are a joy to wear and use.
Mothy

Somewhere up in a closet is the really nice but
really heavy Rolex I got for retiring from IBM.
One really heavy watch!

But mostly I wear a cheap Timex chrome digital
that has a stopwatch and alternate time zones.
Costs about 16 bucks and lasts years. Also
very light. And on flights to and from the UK
I can flip between US and UK time so easily.
chuckc

Tim

As usual blame gordon for what??

However slowly the world is changing.

Music and the enormous wealth that artists have got has now been rationalised by the use of MP3 files and sharing software. New talent is easily able to get to market and wages are reasonable, just need to get some crap bankers on the minimum wage and all will be working out fine! :).

Burrberry is an example of trademark ripoff who have now got their come uppence.

They closed their factory in the UK and moved their production to China, naturally paying naff all for the produce but selling at top price, unfortunately for them the Chinese factory said we can make three times as many items as you require, Burrberry said tough we only need that amount, what do you imagine the Chinese did? Produced loads of the same product at a fraction of the price and sold it all over the world for peanuts! Serves Burrberry right if you ask me. If you want an exclusive product it has to be worth the money in quality alone.

Don't get me started about rip off prices. :)

The only reason I asked about this company is that I have read a number of bad reports about them. However it has been suggested that these poor reports have been written by competitiors so I am just trying to check it out. Maybe they have been written by Rolex! :)
Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo

I wear a modern Timex for work, as it gets scratched, painted etc. it's ok but needs regularly correcting.

But out of work I wear a 1968 Bulova Accutron - it never looses a second! (the kids also love listening to it 'sing').

Take Mothy's advice and buy a vintage watch at a reasonable price.

David
David Wigley (MK2 Sprite)

Robert,
If you are looking for a quality watch that isn't a clone and isn't being sold at ridiculous prices take a look at this company:
http://www.christopherward.co.uk/

Guy
Guy Weller

casio rules and its got a calculator
Darren 2litre frogeye

Chuck,

My memories from living in the US and wearing Timex was that they died about a week after the year warranty ran out, they were mechanical in those days. Last watches I wore were Swatch and I like those although they didn't appreciate being machine washed much. Other than that not worn a wrist watch since about 2003.
David Billington

Hey robert,

Which one where your contempalating? lots of them there.


I have 3 watches I cheerish one that was worn by my best friend in Afgan will doing his military tour there, it beeps every 20 minutes so I got it stored in 3 containers and insulted between each one to avoid hearng it

my 2nd one came from money my grand mother gave me before she passed on, battry is long scence dead, I think its called a citizens I love it for its simplisty black face, gold (colored) case and a algator leather band ... looks great with a suit and tie

and my 3rd and favoritre watch is an old (30 year old +) timex automatic, it winds its self as you move about or you can wind it manually, (no battry) It came from my father... well Not in the traditional sence that a father passes on a watch to his son (how ever thats done)... When I was 13-15 years old I dug it out of the trash when I saw my father toss it, it keeps horriable time LOL. It looses about 10 minutes for every hour that it runs, Funny! even tho its a worthless peice of trash, I find I treasure it more and more as the years pass on. Someday ill have to get a wrist band for it.

Prop .....I too have not worn a watch in years, or any other jewlery for that matter

Prop

From that replice watch website:

"HOW LONG WILL YOUR WATCHES LAST?
This is kind of like asking how long a car will last. It all depends on how you use it. If you put wear and tear on it regularly by driving and using it frequently and in rugged situations, or in this case wear the watch the same way, it would not last as long as if, say, you used it at times that you could treat it with care. If so, our watches will last at least a few years."

Says it all, really.


Adrian Jones

As someone who visits and takes part on several watch forum and collects old watches (just as addictive as old cars) ,my 2p worth.
Don't do it, you may be lucky but despite the hype a lot of these fakes are rubbish. Put your money into something like an RLT - made in the UK and good service from Roy who will make your watch for a reasonable price.


Quote from watch forum "Fake watch = fake person".

And we haven't even started on the hommage bit - try Alpha watches - not fakes but look alikes..


d brenchley

I have a Timex that was bought for me as a birthday prezzy in 1968. it still works thought I never wear it and a Smiths clock in the car. Being a man of leisure a watch is the last thing I want to be seen with.
Nick Sayle

Well now, if we are gonna mention classics, I
have here before me: a sliver open-case Waltham
pocket watch with roman numerals, a gold hunter
case Waltham pocket watch, and an open face
gold Elgin with roman numerals and a decorated
porcelain face.

They all run fine but are a bit cumbersome
to carry when working on the Midget.

chuck
chuckc

I've always had a thing for mechanical watches, especially slightly unusual ones... so my main watch is a Poljot Shturmanskiye, made by the Moscow Watch Factory. I've had it several years, and really like it. They're not terribly expensive (some of them, anyway), and can be ordered from websites such as this one:

http://www.poljot-watches.org/watches/index.htm

I also have a Slava that I bought in Poland during a trip there in 1985. I think I got it for the equivalent of US$16, so it's pretty basic. But it still runs fine, and is pretty accurate.

I recently had the Poljot cleaned and serviced, and while that was a bit costly, it was still less than the price of a new watch.

BTW, today I happen to be wearing a gold Seiko LCD digital that I bought back in 1979. Still runs perfectly!

By the way, I'd be pretty reluctant to go the replica route. To me anyway, there's a lot more to satisfaction in a watch than the outer appearance.

-:G:-
Gryf Ketcherside

as Gryf mentioned my favourite brand, my 'workshop' watch is a Seiko I bought in Hong Kong in about 1974 - it refuses to die:-)
David Smith

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo131/scuderiablkhole/DSC00177-2.jpg

Wearing this today - humming along nicely
d brenchley

>>>>>>>>.Fake watch = fake person

Cobblers! Loads of people I know with fancy watches are very much fake people - fake tans, trophy wives, loveless marriages. It's hype put about by watch manufacturers to drive prices up.

Fake watch = thinks life's too short to worry about what's on my arm. The time's exactly the same on an expensive bit of bling as it is on my £5 Rolex that I bought from a man in a pub. Servicing every year? Pah! I chucked a battery in mine last week, got it for a quid on the market. Sorry, should say that it was a quid for a *packet* of batteries! And if it stops - well, I'm never far from a radio, PC, mobile phone etc etc

I'm disappointed in you Bob, I didn't take you for someone who even worried about looking like "the establishment". You'll be voting Tory next. Buy a cheapie...and save the money for whatever version of "wine, women and song" floats your boat!

;-)


Max max-at-midgetmax-dot-com

Max,
I would agree with you, but then why bother with something that looks like a Rolex? Kind of implies that you want others to think that you do own an "expensive bit of bling" even though you don't!
Guy Weller

Yeeesss, I saw that flaw in the argument. Except.....I bought it 'cos it was only a fiver, I wanted a watch with a metal strap, and it fitted the bill. And TBQH you'd never, ever confuse this with the real thing!

I actually have a watch collection, they each do a different job. There's my Rolex, there's my "best" watch - so called because it isn't covered in oil - and I've even got an expensive (ish) watch. It's my heart rate monitor for cycling & running, it cost me forty quid. Oh and I've got an even cheaper fabric strap one for when I'm working under the dash....I once shorted out a couple of wires on a metal strap -ouch!
Max max-at-midgetmax-dot-com

LOL! I like your logic anyway!
My expensive watch cost me nowt - but then it was a present so is more valuable to me than it's LSD prce, And anyway it is rather nice, although it doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. Main problem is that it is also my only watch and I keep forgetting that I have it on when I go to work on the car.
Guy Weller

I wear my Grandfather's retirement watch he got from his time with British Leyland. On the back says Leyland motors Long Service. It is a Gold Garrard but has a Swiss movement. It has been very reliable and I am sure I will pass it on to the next generation.
If I was ever to get another watch, it would be an Omega Speedmaster.
I also have my Great Grandfathers pocket watch which is over a hundred years old that he got when he was in the Railways, though I never use it.
Allan Jacks

Ah, watches and sentimental value are different. They *DO* do something more than my £5 Rolex, they are a tangible link with your family.
Max max-at-midgetmax-dot-com

Well I have had my Tag for 15 years now, bought in Singapore. It still feels special even though I have worn it every day since i bought it. My favourite posession. I would not swap it for a new equivalent.
Shawn

Allan - that's the kind of watch to have. I love things that tell a story and are well enough made to get passed down the generations.

My dad bought a new watch in 1969, and it was a Swiss model built to commemorate the moon landing: on its back it has an engraving of the lunar module blasting off the surface.

It's on my wrist every day now, and for the last 25 years, and the only problem I have is finding a watchmaker who can clean it for me.
Nick

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