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In his biography, he notes that he collaborated with his high school physics teacher to calculate the wheels and cogs needed to show the times of the tides at a specific location. The story goes that Jack Heuer himself - then just 15 - created the first tidal indication watches for the Heuer manufacture.

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These watches offered the very specialized tidal indications function, and were in the Heuer range from the 1950s to the 1970s. For that reason, we will begin this story with a couple of old Heuer models called Seafarers and Mareographs. Yes, despite our exhortations and my own advocacy, TAG Heuer is not strongly associated with water sports. That said, we are getting ahead of ourselves here, because you may be surprised by TAG Heuer’s focus on the dive watch this year. Amateur divers may well put these watches through their paces, but even they will not touch the depths that the 300m water-resistance promises. Even such superficial challenges are far from the reality that these watches will face on the wrists of the enthusiasts and collectors.

TAG HEUER AQUARACER CALIBRE 5 GREEN DIAL FULL

We certainly put the watches through full immersion testing while shooting the images you see here, and no harm came to any of the Aquaracers.

TAG HEUER AQUARACER CALIBRE 5 GREEN DIAL PROFESSIONAL

The TAG Heuer Aquaracer is the contemporary successor to the aforementioned 2000 Series, after all.Īdmissions of bias aside, I will also assert that dive watches are far more than useful tools for professional and amateur divers. The overall popularity of the dive watch is a narrative thread woven into a number of parts of this story, which is likely the most personal of cover stories we have done in the last five years. In this case, I am still in the “most people,” camp. While my current tastes go in quite a different direction, the dive watch is a must-have for most people who love watches. It is only one of several dive watches that I own, or have owned.

TAG HEUER AQUARACER CALIBRE 5 GREEN DIAL SERIES

Part of the reason for this is that one of my first proper watches was a TAG Heuer 2000 Series chronograph, featuring an early appearance of the full colour version of the TAG Heuer logo on the dial. I wrote an extensive story on the family of watches known as the Aquaracer in 2018 for the Indonesia edition of WOW, and I followed up with the aforementioned piece last year. Well played TAG Heuer.īefore I let my enthusiasm for the Aquaracer get the better of me, a few confessions are in order.

It could be great.” Ask and ye shall receive, apparently. Here is what I wrote in that story: “Taking note of the winds of change that are swirling around watchmaking once more, we hope that the powers-that-be at the brand and LVMH consider the powerful allure of the dive watch, and seize the opportunity with what is already a pretty good model. Image: we wrote in issue #59, just a few short months ago, that TAG Heuer should spare a little love for its dive watch collection, the Aquaracer, I really had no idea that a suitable reply would be coming from the manufacture quite so soon.