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I have been a fan of Breitling's for a long time and especially the Aerospace. So it was a very happy moment when I had the chance to purchase one on vacation last week. Previous to this purchase, I had a Tag 3000 that I bought over 18 years ago. What follows is my purchase story.
On my cruise to Alaska, there is the usual onboard jewelry shop, while my wife looked at rings, I was drawn to the watch section. Namely the Tags. I looked at the Carrera chronograph as well as an Aquaracer that had just arrived. I got some prices and had to mull it over. Those watches were not going anywhere and it was just the first day. My wife knew I was looking for a new watch and gave me the go ahead if I wanted one of those Tags. We had another day at sea and I as I mulled over the decision, I pretty much knew I was going to get a new watch, I just wasn't sure which one I really wanted.
Well we hit Ketchican the next day and went into town. The first shop we hit was actually an AD for Tag and Breitling. I had the AD point out the titanium models. Knowing full well the Aerospace was one of the models. Interestingly enough, my wife took a look and said, those didn't look that good. I then looked at the Tag's, but after looking at the Ling's the various Tags just were not doing it for me.
That night I was thinking I can live with Carrera, but I couldn't shake the feeling that wasn't the watch I wanted. The same thing happened when I got my first Tag. I looked at two watches, both were Tag's but one was an automatic chronograph and mine which was quartz. There was a large price difference and pretty much every so often I wish I spent the extra money for the chronograph model. So needless to say I didn't want to spend the next 18 years yearning for another watch.
Next day we were in Juneau. Of course there were many shops to visit. The first shop I looked at was the AD for Tag, got escorted to the other location that had Tags on display and saw nice Grand Carrera Calire 8 RS. Truth be told if the salesperson was better I would probably have bought that watch. I know it may sound strange, but this guy's attitude totally put me off. So for that I am very thankful he was an axx.
On our walk back to the ship, I saw the Breitling sign and was drawn in. The salesperson was just finishing up a transaction with a customer who I later found out purchased a Breitling and a nice piece of jewelry for his wife. I was drawn to the Aerospace with the blue face. The salesman was a pleasure to work with. He explained all the functions and described the Emergency model as well. I knew that wasn't for me, but I know a friend that this would suit perfectly. This time as I placed the watch on my wrist, it just fit perfectly. The proportions suited me just right. I have a smaller wrist so many of the chunkier watches just look out of place on my wrist. My wife even commented that this is a great looking watch and looks great on my. We worked out a fair price and once the Ti band was resized, I wore my new purchase out the store.
For the rest of the cruise you could see me staring at my wrist every so often. I'm sure some people might think I was crazy, but I have had no regrets. Okay one regret, I wish I bought one sooner!
Thanks for reading and I really can not express how much I love my watch. I think it suits me perfectly.
I don't really buy watches all that much, as you can tell, my last major purchase was like 18 years ago. So that discount really threw me.
