# Replica watches - where to get them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667 "2000-02-11T17:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/1 "2000-02-11T17:17:00Z")
I’m not sure if this entirely legal according to board rules, as I will be asking people for links to commercial sites. Eutychus, if I’m out of line, you know what to do. (Which is of course to close this thread, not to ban me or anything ;)) I really like watches. I want to buy a replica TAG Heuer (since the Real McCoy is rather expensive), preferably a good replica of a Kirium or a 6000 Series - both chronograph. I’ve been looking at some sites, mainly [www.unrealwatch.com](http://www.unrealwatch.com) and [www.fakegifts.com,](http://www.fakegifts.com,) and while their watches appear to be of reasonable quality, the resemblence with the real thing (which I simultaneously check at [www.wristwatch.com](http://www.wristwatch.com) ) is often poor. And if I’m spending 100-150 USD, I still want it to be a _convincing_ replica. Also, I would like the company in question to be of good reputation (yeah, I know. A tough one…). any suggestions, my friends? * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/2 "2000-02-11T17:47:00Z")
Just look for a guy on a street corner with a trenchcoat. Ask to see his merchandise. But for God’s sake, make sure he is wearing pants before you ask. * * * Have you voted for your favorite, huggable Mullinator today? ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/3 "2000-02-11T17:53:00Z")
Not to hijack this thread but…what the hell [HIJACK]Why on earth would you want a replica TAG? A real one is an overpriced status watch with an ordinary quartz movement no better than in any Casio or Timex. A fake one is just well, fake and I find that to be pretty cheesy. Anyone it fools won’t really care about watches and anyone who cares about good watches won’t be fooled.[/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/4 "2000-02-11T17:55:00Z")
Mullinator, you beat me to it. (Pssssttt! Hey buddy! Wanna buy a watch?) Honestly though, Coldfire, I share your love of time pieces. Personally, I would suck it up and save my pennies until I could afford the Tag Heuer; there’s nothing like authenticity! * * * VB I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/5 "2000-02-12T06:14:00Z")
Try Yonge Street in Toronto. * * * Eat right, exercise daily, live clean, die anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/6 "2000-02-12T00:09:00Z")
Vestal, I think we have different ideas of what a good timepiece is and that’s okay. Spending $500+ on a quartz watch, even one with a nice case and band, doesn’t work for me. The one-second tics of a quartz watch are a dead giveaway to anyone that knows watches. If I ever have the cash to blow on a truly fine watch I’ll probably drop a grand and get myself an Omega Seamaster (as worn by James Bond™ in _The World is Not Enough_.) 😃 or maybe a Speedmaster moon watch. For that kind of money I’ll get a virtually unscratchable sapphire crystal, a certified movement and a cool little helium valve for when I spend months on a diving bell. Coldfire, if you want a watch with real substance but still in your price range you can get a 200m Seiko diver with an excellent automatic movement. It’s patterned after a Rolex submariner (pretty much all diver’s watches are) but it isn’t a copy. It holds its own as an honest quality watch and will still work after the EMP from the WWIII nukes blast your TAG clone. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replica-watches-where-to-get-them/13667/7 "2000-02-12T01:09:00Z")
I already own a Seiko Chronograph, and it is a decent watch indeed. I just like the TAGs, what can I say… it is a matter of taste. FYI, Padeye, they make quartz models AND automatic models. Even the quartz TAGs have sweeping hands - no one-second ticks. A good replica resembles that. I know my watches. Just don’t wanna pay full price for them 😃 * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993)