sterling wrote:
I'm ok taking the bet to pay less for a 3 year AW warranty versus a Breitling 2 year warranty and pay the difference in cost if need be.
I see that as a false economy, for two reasons. One, if you know where to buy, you won't pay more for Breitling's two-year warranty than for for AW's three-year warranty. I bought my CSO through Govberg, and paid less for an authorized purchase than AW was charging for the same watch. Second, there really is no comparison between a factory warranty and a non-factory warranty. Breitling's technicians will know Breitlings better than anyone, and will have access to factory parts. Who knows who AW will send the watch to for repairs? Whoever it is, they likely will not be able to use factory parts, which is problematic not only in the short run, but also in the long run, should you ever want to send the watch to Breitling in the future. The fact that AW offers an extra year doesn't change the fact that I don't trust them to be able to do the level of work Breitling can.
As for being able to afford repairs, I don't get that logic, either. To me, it isn't a matter of affordability - it's a matter of the manufacturer backing up its products. Whether it's a watch, a car, an appliance, or what have you, if it's new, and it breaks, I don't expect to have to pay to have it repaired, even if I can afford it. On a slightly related note, I had a GE washing machine that took a gigantic sh*t just over a year after I bought it - just after the warranty expired. Repairs were going to cost more than the machine, so I had to buy a new one. Now, I could afford a new one, but that wasn't the point. And if I have to explain the point...well, we might as well leave it at that. At any rate, you can bet the new machine wasn't a GE.
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