Although it is often the colorful and outlandish watches that dominate conversations and social media, it is actually the more traditional and conservative models that end up being their respective brand’s best-sellers. Sometimes the most popular new releases are specifically the ones that don’t immediately jump off the page, and as its latest new release … Read more
We continue to highlight a few of our favorite watches from among the more than fifty watchmakers that have created timepieces for the Only Watch charity auction, which commences Saturday, November 6, in Geneva. Christie’s will auction these incredible watches to raise funds that benefit research in the battle against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. While you … Read more
The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02 Twin Time/ GMT is a watch that four years ago seemed would never happen. On 5 June 2014 TAG Heuer announced that the Calibre CH80 (now known as the Calibre Heuer 02) would be indefinitely postponed in favour of focusing TAG Heuer’s in-house movement strategy around the Calibre 1887, itself … Read more
TAG Heuer has reintroduced its famed Night Diver watch as a member of the Tag Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 collection. The original TAG Heuer 1000 Night Diver – so called because of its full lume dial – was a massive hit for the brand in the late 1980s, helping it to recover from the crippling effects of Quartz Crisis and even earning some serious screen time on the wrist of Timothy Dalton’s James Bond in The Living Daylights. While the original watch was mid-sized at 37mm and mostly sold with a quartz movement, the new Tag Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver uses a 43mm black DLC sandblasted steel case and a Calibre 5 Automatic movement.The watch also features a black ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel with a 60-minute diving scale, sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment and a black DLC steel screw-down crown helping it achieve a 300m water resistance rating. … Read more
You don’t need to be a character out of the Fast and the Furious to wear a chronograph. Although it is considered a sporty TAG Heuer watch, it looks great when dressed casually or dressed for business. This TAG watch also has excellent legibility with luminous hands and high contrast dials and indexes just like … Read more
The latest iteration of the TAG Heuer Monaco Gulf watch was introduced last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the brand and Gulf racing. My time with the watch led to the realization that it very well may be my favorite Monaco of all. I spent a few weeks with the awesome, classic … Read more
In case you somehow missed it, 2019 has been a very big year for watch anniversaries, and one of the absolute biggest has been the 50th anniversary of the Heuer Monaco. What started out as a square-shaped chronograph developed with architects and other creative types in mind went on to become strongly associated with ’70s … Read more
TAG Heuer has given its 52-year-old Monaco a fresh new look with a sand-blasted titanium case ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Monaco’s square case has been made of titanium several times in the past, most notably for its long-since shelved haute horlogerie Monaco V4, but here the lightweight, Grade 2 titanium receives … Read more
Over the past few years, the in house Heuer 02 automatic chronograph has become the de facto flagship movement for TAG Heuer, appearing in high-end variants of the Autavia, Monaco, and the aggressive, futuristic Carrera Calibre Heuer 02. Much of the brand’s release schedule for the first half of 2020 has been aimed at bringing … Read more
TAG Heuer is introducing today four new, redesigned Carrera models, all powered by the in-house manufactured Calibre Heuer 02 movement. In 1962, CEO at the time Jack Heuer wanted a clean and well-proportioned chronograph designed for drivers and inspired to the world of motor racing. When he heard the Spanish word Carrera, used for the … Read more