[Deschodt]

15-20 (?) yrs ago I bought a pricey Tag-Heuer (I love Breitlings as well but I wanted THAT Tag then). Bought it on a cruise at a duty free island dealer, legit - must have been St Marteen or something.. Discount vs. stateside dealer paid for my cruise... I wore it out and decided to get it serviced like 15Y later by TAG, what a ripoff that was... Better off buying a new one ! They charged something like $300 for one simple button replacement, wanted $500 more for the scratched sapphire - I passed - their polishing of the wristband looked like crap - and they failed to reseal it properly after changing the battery/servicing because it took water damage shortly after... Not provable, obviously but I know nobody else touched it since the service... Didn't even bother fighting it at that point...

I've never been tempted to buy "man-jewelry" after that... Could make an exception for a breitling, I really dig them too, but they all seem giganormous these days, I guess I need to work out more and develop huge forearms ;-) (get your minds out of the gutter)