With their new otherworldly features and enhanced chic sporty look, the diver’s watches from the Swiss brand presented during Watches & Wonders are more advanced than ever.
Although TAG Heuer is best known for its links with motorsport, the brand has also distinguished itself with its reliable, high-performance diver’s watches since 1978. This year, the contemporary development that seeks to optimize the wearer-friendliness of its previous models, the Aquaracer Professional 300, is here. To achieve a meaningful result, its design cleverly blends the decoration of the first references with those of the variants released in 2004 and 2015, with some added innovations. Thus, on the dial, large, rounded hour markers like those of the original model replace the previous baton-type hour markers. Every detail has been carefully designed to offer optimal readability. The hour markers and the sword-shaped hour hands are coated with green luminous Super-LumiNova®, while the minute hand, the tip of the direct drive and the triangle on the bezel are diffused in blue. The date is now at 6 o’clock. The magnifying lens is integrated directly into the sapphire crystal, enhancing its reading. The unidirectional rotating bezel, which was completely rounded in the 20 millennium, continues to become somewhat angular. This time, its sides have become sharper to provide a better grip.
The 43 mm diameter steel case is water-resistant to 300 meters and, like the bracelet made of the same metal, has been fine-tuned to make the timepiece lighter. The vintage reference 2021 is adorned in three shades – blue, black or grey. A titanium variant set off by green completes the collection.
All the time data of these Aquaracer Professional 300 watches is driven by Caliber 5. This automatic movement offers a power reserve of 38 hours.
With this new reference, the Geneva-based watchmaker invites us to discover an incredible, elegant newcomer with ultra-readable display of the most practical complications around.
The extraordinary wealth displayed in the Patek Philippe Museum invites you to explore extraordinary pieces that are emblematic of artistic masterpieces, especially when imagining a perpetual calendar. One of the watches that takes center stage is a 46 mm diameter pocket watch for the US market that boasts a highly original date and month display. This information is placed side by side on a single line. And this is exactly what inspired the Geneva watchmaker to create its in-line perpetual calendar 5236P. Thus, on a dial with a gradient tone that turns from blue to black, we find this time data perfectly aligned in a single large aperture. However, there is a significant difference between the two models. This newcomer uses four discs to activate the complication display, while the previous model used three. To achieve this, the manufacturer developed the 31-260 PS QL movement, which offers a power reserve of 48 hours.
This automatic movement is housed in a platinum case with a diameter of 41.3 mm. It also drives the day/night indicator as well as the leap year, which are set in two symmetrical circles located at 4 and 8 o’clock. At 6 o’clock, the small seconds hand opens the phases of the moon. The watch’s micro-rotor and decorated bridges are admired by the sapphire crystal glass back.
The pure elegance of this Inline Perpetual Calendar 5236P watch is further enhanced by the navy blue alligator leather strap with a folding clasp.
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