Sorry to hear your problem with them. Care to post the link for your purchase?
I think you should check with Paypal to find out the exact reason. 

khopl, have U receive the other watches U ordered?

china made, quality is a hit or miss... U must have read ck77 post on his homage purchase. his is custom build still like that.

or get something german
eg
http://www.watchseller.com/vollmeru5.html
http://www.gnomonwatches.com/Dievas.html
http://www.longislandwatch.com/Dievas/Dievas_Watches-1.htm

THank patryn33!

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Added on February 4, 2010, 9:28 pm
looking for value for money don't go with Tag, Tag is expensive.
Fortis  is well build and was chosen by russian for space mission. even some military ppl use it.
CK is cheap, sure! Fossil make their watches.. most likely done in Philippines or China.
Zenith is renown for the El Primero movement. Tag is using El Primero on their caliber 36 which cost US$7.9k and up. Rolex had El Primero on their Daytona till 2001.

This statement in bold I don't get it.

IMHO, the only nice tags are the cheapest of their line, the F1 designs. too bad they don't produce auto F1's but again, the price wouldn't be the same if they do that. Besides that, i don't really see any TAG that is worth mentioning (design,not movement) except maybe for its Grand Carreras.

the top of the line calibre 36 uses a zenith movement. with us$7.9k might as well get a zenith

U must have the design, like the design just get it. loving the watch design is impt. esp if U cannot find any watches u like.

are u looking at Carrera Calibre 16 Day date or Aquaracer?
http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/aqu...=CAF2110.BA0809
http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/car...w=CV2A10.BA0796

if I not wrong Aquaracer is priced lower than Carrera although both are using the same movement.

here is review on the Tag Aquaracer Calibre 16. based off 7750, can get other brands with 7750 or base of 7750 at lower cost.
http://www.watchbizz.com/archive/wt_2008_0...2008_01_076.pdf

brands such as Sinn, Fortis, Longines, Guinand (founded by founder of Sinn see thread below) is a better buy
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=198944

do give a review of the places U had shopped at.

Great looking watch. What's the size? looks damn big haha. I love big watches 43mm fits right on my wrist.

how much is it???

cant view the pic

Received my first homage watch on Thursday 20 January 2010 from Getat.
Watch was ordered and paid on 24 December 2009 and the shipment was stuck in HK post office for some times due to some issue. Communication via email was ok but reply often delay by 2-3 days, he is trying his best to answer all my quiries.
The spec:-
Movement: Asian Unitas 6497 manual winding
Case: 47mm without crown 316L polished steel with doom plexiglass, California sandwich dial.

This homage watch is base on Pam3646 and Pam249.
For more history and story, please refer to this link (great blog by the way):-
Jake's Rolex Watch Blog

Following are my simple review and impression.

Outter box


Inner box secured by bubble wrap (+1)


Simple watch case with bubble wrap and plastic to protect the watch (+1)


The watch, look good? Read on,


Back view (6497 or 6498 movement?)


My finding,
1. The most importantly thing is accuracy test. I do not have professional training (like William Hung ) and any tools to measure. As a simple measurement, I set the watch same time with my Astro decoder's time and wait for it to run for an hour.
The watch is running approximately +4 minutes faster  I thought the movement need some times to 'break-in' or 'run-in'
Patiently I waited for it to run 24 hours and ridiculously it ran +1 hour 30 minutes faster  This is absolutely unacceptable.
I don't expect the accuracy to be perfect for mechanical watch and -1 or +1 minute per day is ok for me, but not until such variant.

2. Uneven paint on 4,5,6 o'clock indexes, especially number 4


3. Bad lume
4. Hard to screw and unscrew the screw-in crown
5. Movement is loud
6. Strap is good, I can smell the genuine leather smell (+1)
6. From the clear back, I have noticed it is a 6498 instead of 6497 as listed on his website.
This is the 6497 shown on his site.


I can accept other flaws in view of the price I've paid for, but not for the accuracy. The most basic function of a watch is to tell corret time, 1 minute variant per day for me is ok for any mechanical watch.

I've email him the above issues and he replied that the watch might be magnitised during the shipment (is it possible?  ) and he agreed to return and refund for me. I will get the watch to regulate and maybe demagnitise by local watchmaker and to ask for reimbursement from him.

What a bad experience for my first online purchase watch 

Lastly, wrist shot.


Thanks for reading 

Watch is running fine after some 'treatment' by my friend's watchmaker. I've contacted Getat and he have refunded me some cost 

The movement is indeed a standard 6497 (Asian made), with swan neck regulator, but am not sure it is working or not 

I read a lot of positive feedback from other forums and am sure my case is an isolated one. And Getat has done the right thing to refund me. So my verdict of Getat is still ok 

looks good!!

...pity your Ball....lonelier now....hahaha

wah...7 days power reserve indicator some more...so, does it work?

haha

Congrat of your new haul 
This is a Big Pilot homage 
https://www.iwc.com/collection/collection_d...sp?l=en&mid=401
The movement should be a Chinese automatic if am not wrong. Is the power reserve indicator work?
What's the size of the dial?

WOW!!!..one of my grail....

must have cost a big hole in your pocket!