@Wolfgang It’s the proverbial “tale as old as time.” Why buy a 912 when a Bug is thousands less? Why buy an AC cobra when a Mustang GT is more comfortable? And thousands less?
You wanna dance, you’ve gotta pay the fiddler.
btw, I haven’t worn a watch since I retired, but I recently felt the urge. Not wanting to pay TAG. The typical $200-$300 service charge* to replace my battery, I bought a $10 tool kit on Amazon and put a $5 battery in myself.
* TAG service center won’t just replace a battery. They completely go through the watch and replace anything that isn’t perfect, then pressure test them to 200 meters. That’s great and all, but I don’t dive and just need a battery. Local watch places won’t do it because of the 200 meter thing.