List Price: $1,800.00Price: $1,175.00You Save: $625.00 (35%)• Ancient function at 3 o'clock; Black dial
• Cross out-resistant sapphire crystal; Luminescent hands and markers; Unidirectional bezel with SuperLuminova dot at 12 o'clock
• Grandeur Swiss Automatic Movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
Designed for optimal performance both in and out of the water, this handsome automatic watch blends sporty prestige styling with optimal readability. The 41 mm case is crafted from a solid block of stainless steel and showcases a black dial with bold luminous hands and markers and a red-tipped seconds hand. The dial also features a tonal TAG Heuer logo and a date display at the three o'clock hour. Framing the dial is a unidirectional rotating bezel, in matching black, with oversized Arabic numerals and a luminescent marker at the 12 o'clock position. The handsome link bracelet, in brushed steel, fastens securely with a fold-over-clasp with safety and features an extension system so that the watch can be worn over a diving suit. Other notable features include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and a screw-in crown and caseback for water resistance to 300 meters. Calibre 5 automatic movement means that this watch winds itself with the natural motion of your wrist and does not require a battery.
Reviews
Bad surprise from a prestige brand In terms of design and ergonomic (is very confortable on the wrist) I am very happy.
The big negative surprise is the accuracy, each 24hours it adds 20 seconds , what is unacceptable for a $1000 watch.
Because I order from USA to Europe the return is a problem and the warranty is not valid because Amazon (seller) is not an authorized agent.
It seems that this problem is common with TAG watches.
Started soft and ended strongFound this watch as a Christmas gift to myself in 12/08. Great price and less expensive than the same model I found locally -- that was used! So I ordered and was glad to see sold and shipped by Amazon. Watch arrives in GREAT packaging, looks wonderful, seems to be working fine... then BAM. Five days later the date locks. Can't even move it with the crown. So I call Amazon customer service, provide my info and ship to Kentucky for repairs. I'm skeptical at this point. Amazon provided me the contact info for the repair shop in KY, so I called and spoke to them once my watch arrived (I had to pay shipping to KY, and I purchased insurance. Amazon paid the shipping back to me, which was nice.) Repairman said it wasn't that big of a concern (the date not switching) and they should have my piece back to me in 6-8 weeks. It arrived back in five weeks. I'M VERY HAPPY NOW! Watch is working great, the experience was great, and dealing with Amazon customer service for a significant purchase like this really turned out to be easy and efficient.
Great watch - terrible overseas mail system! The watch looks great - a gift for my husband - so no complaints there!! It is a bit bigger than expected - the dimensions could have been listed. However the mail experience with UPS was terrible. I had to track the watch myself (a month after I ordered it)to get any kind of info. I received 2 e-mail from Perfect Timing telling me they were sending the watch back because duties had not been paid. The first time I had not received any info on this and the second time I had already paid the duty a week earlier!! Lots of phone calls and e-mails before the watch finally arrived too late for the birthday.
Good Watch, Very ComfortableThis watch is very verstile & will help you "look the part" when you need to without being over-the-top as to distract. Very surprised with how comfortable this watch is. It is heavy, but I don't feel it on my wrist as much as I do my other watches.
Mine is gaining a consistent 7 seconds per day, which is very acceptable.
The accuracy of automatic watchesThis watch is an automatic, meaning that it contains a mechanical movement powered by the action of the wearer's wrist. Some mechanical movements must be wound manually by the user. Neither type require a battery as a quartz watch would. The payoff is that all mechanical watches, however much they might cost, are less accurate than any quartz watch one might buy for $20 from a local garage. The reason that one might pay upwards of $1000 for such a watch is that the movement is a precise, finely engineered example of the watchmaker's craft, and not a simple piece of electronics produced by the millions as might be found in a cheap Casio (to take nothing away from Casio).
The highest quality automatic watches are known as 'chronometers', and must contain a movement that has passed a rigorous set of tests laid down by the Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (www.cosc.ch). Such a movement will have an accuracy of 99.99%, which is the maximum obtainable. Only 3% of all watches produced in Switzerland each year are certified as chronometers. Briefly, the COSC standard states that a certified movement must be accurate to within -4/+6 seconds per day. Most high-quality mechanical watches can be adjusted by a good watchmaker to meet that level of accuracy. As far as I am aware, this movement (a Tag-modified ETA 2824-2 for the technically inclined) is not COSC certified; however, this does not mean that it cannot meet the standard, but simply that Tag Heuer have not submitted it for testing.
Even chronometer-certified movements are still less accurate than a quartz watch. This is not a problem specific to Tag Heuer, but is common to any mechnical watch, whether it be from Rolex, Omega, Breitling or any other manufacturer. Even Omega's new co-axial movement is not designed to increase accuracy, but rather stability over time. Stability is often considered to be a more desirable characteristic than pure accuracy in a mechanical timepiece (which is in any case impossible); that is, that it constantly gains 6 seconds a day, rather than gaining one day and losing time the next.
Many people (and websites) confuse chronometers with chronographs. A chronograph is a watch that has extra functions and displays allowing the timing of individual events, similar to a stopwatch. This watch is not a chronograph.
When buying an expensive watch, or any other valuable item, it pays to do a small amount of research and understand what exactly it is one is paying for.
I have always been very impressed with the build quality of Tag Heuers; their finishing and reliability is excellent and they are very reasonably priced when compared to other high-grade Swiss watches.