In about 14 months, the time keeping got worse. Last Tag I bought was couple of years ago (Caliber 5 carrera). I still own the Orient to this day (and haven't had any issue with moisture nor stripped stem). I ebayed the AR afterwards for cheap with the repair paperwork. Tag Service replaced the stem/crown and wait time was 3 months (the irony is I bought a $200 Orient diver which performed better than my prev Tags). Again, same AD fixed it but had to send it in for repair. Within the 1st year, the crown got stripped (again, I've owned Seikos and cheap dive watches half my adult life without a single issue). I sold it for cheap and then bought a brand new Aquaracer. They honored the warranty and were able to repair it in house. This time, I took it to a local AD (had to drive about 2 hours). Then some months later, the moisture got worse. When I contacted Tag service, they pointed me to some Tag verbiage stating this is NORMAL on Tag watches ! I mean, I've owned cheap Seiko for years without any moisture so not sure. After some months, watch started getting moisture underneath the crystal. I bought it pre-owned (6 months old from original seller). 1st time I ever spent so much on a single watch so it quickly became my daily driver. My first Tag was the caliber 16 day/date chrono. I sold them for almost what I paid retail. While these were not super accurate watches, they served me very well and really lasted for years without a single issue. I come from owning Seiko divers (Seiko monster and then the 1st gen sarb). ![]() I'm not really a "watch guy" but just an average person who saves up to buy men 'jewelry' every 2 years or so.
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