The former remind me of very high end kitchen appliances. These two design elements are the raised stainless steel and satin finished numbers and the periphery grips. They have added a couple of other details to the bezel to make it the stand out component that oozes class and refinement. However, Tag Heuer, as is the norm, has been very clever. The rubberised bezel is a great touch but could have easily cheapened the feel of the Aquaracer 500. They announce their intentions by subtle and well-advised aesthetic details. I shall henceforth explain why by highlighting the numerous design elements and details of each model.īoth versions are versatile, rugged, great looking, fit-for-purpose, utilitarian sports watches.
This may initially be of concern to some as they may think, as I did, that Tag Heuer must have cut some serious corners to allow for this to be. The similar spec’d chronograph version is £2450. At the time of writing the Calibre 5 non-chronograph Aquaracer 500 on a bracelet is a tad under £1800. However, when we first received these timepieces into the shop we all unanimously wondered “How have they managed to produce these watches for the asking price?”. Here, at Andrew Michaels Jewellers we all had the same impression upon Tag Heuer’s original announcement. Apart from the rubber bezel insert it seemed to be a little generic and lacked any real soul. I neither hated it or had any immediate desire to go and search one out to look at in person. When I originally saw the images that were coming back from Basel I was left with no real emotions towards the Aquaracer 500.
The three-handed automatic has been out for a couple of years now but the Chronograph version was only just released this year. The latter was certainly the case with the new Tag Heuer Aquaracer 500 models.
I’ve seen too many pre-release timepiece press pictures and then eventually handled the final product to know that you should never immediately fall for a particular watch or dismiss it entirely.
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