zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: ss/gold from ashford.com and just so happen
: to live in Houston, TX. Which of course
: means that I have the luxury of driving to
: ashford.com's retail store and viewing the

It also means that you have the 'luxury' of paying any Texas sales taxes on the watch--which you would not if you bought the watch from a dealer who does not have a physical presence in the state where you live.

: I spoke briefly with an official TAG HEUER USA
: sales person and she said that she was not
: aware of variations such as these in watches
: manufactured by TAG HEUER.

Not aware of Ashford ever selling any inauthentic watches. Neither do I have any reason to suspect that a publicly traded business of good reputation like theirs would deal in bogus merchandise.

But...

I do know that on some brands that Ashford is not authorized for, they may be getting some/many of their authentic watches from distributors *outside* the USA.

On a couple of Omega watches we checked the serial numbers on, we discovered that the watches came through a distributor in Croatia! Further, Ashford has been seen carrying a few Omega models or model variations not available in the USA.

So what you might be seeing is a non-USA targeted model variation of that TAG--which could explain why TAG USA people were not aware of it.

But ultimately, why don't you simply ask Ashford directly? And when you get an answer, please let us know here so we can help better educate the public.