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Bold size, bold angles and facets, bold bezel numerals… just plain bold. The style of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer is bold. The watch I am showing in this article ( ) is the chronograph (stopwatch) version with silver bezel, but there are also a black-ceramic bezel version ( ) as well as a non-chronograph version ( ).

Tag aquaracer calibre 5 wont run series#

But even before the Aquaracer line, there was the Heuer 2000 series first launched in 1982 from which the Aquaracer was inspired. The TAG Heuer Aquaracer line was launched back in 2003 and has had several design variations along its timeline, but they have all stayed true to the Aquaracer theme: bold style with solid water resistance and Swiss-made accurate movement. Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the WATCHSPEC YouTube channel also! The video that accompanies this written review can be viewed below, or on the WATCHSPEC Youtube channel. Here are the categories we will use to break down this watch: 1. TAG Heuer Aquaracer WAY211A – Black bezel, non-chrono:.TAG Heuer Aquaracer CAY211A – Black bezel, chronograph:.TAG Heuer Aquaracer CAP2110 – Silver bezel, chronograph:._ Find the TAG Heuer Aquaracer here (affiliate links): Can the TAG Heuer Aquaracer hold its own against the rest of the field? Also, TAG Heuer receives a lot of flak as a luxury brand, but do they really deserve it? Read this review to find the answers. But the luxury dive-watch market has a lot of options, including the “holy grail” – the Rolex Submariner (my opinion). The watch manufacture in this country does seem to be on the way up, so hopefully a new dawn is on the way.The TAG Heuer Aquaracer is a bold Swiss-luxury timepiece. That’s why I always recommend looking for a watch with an ETA in it. I’ve been hoping that Sellita would improve in time as so many brands adopted their movements, but it’s just never happened. That’s why it is amazing to see brands developing in-house calibres, albeit using movements from Seiko watches in the 60s and 70s and modifying them to make them current. The wheels “just” don’t match up properly, the pivots are “just” the wrong size, or the teeth are “just” too unfinished. If you fit ETA parts to try and better the quality and therefore better the service interval, it just doesn’t work. Sellita state that all ETA parts interchange with the Sellita replica, but that just isn’t so. It’s like they are just made from completely inferior materials. Sometimes we get a watch back after 18months or so, with all of those wheels worn out, teeth missing, broken springs, damaged pivots, etc, etc. On the sellita, we have seen that on nearly every watch that comes in for service, both of the reverser wheels, the intermediate wheels that they mesh with and every wheel between the crown and the mainspring, need to be replaced. On the ETA, you could probably get 20yrs of wear, before you need to replace the winding mechanism (manual wind and automatically), and even then it would likely be the reverser wheels that would be a bit worn. I can almost guarantee the wheels that I need to replace before I even open the case back. While I feel for the brands, as they had no choice but to find someone to supply movements, I still shudder when a watch comes in for service and it has a sellita movement. They now make replicas of the 2824, 2892 & the 7750. Putting it plainly, they just aren’t anywhere near the quality of the calibres they are replicating.īut that’s the point, they are replica movements of the perfect Swiss movements. Well… it’s a topic I could talk for days about. If it wasn’t for Pistonheads, via my past customers, I would have no work at all. SimonI am so busy trying to catch up at the minute that I keep forgetting to pop in and see if anyone needs any help. Just out of interest and curiosity, what don’t you like about the Sellita eta clones? Do they arrive at the manufacturer badly regulated? Rigga, always an unexpected delight to have you back on the watches forum.