Great review as always! I agree with you; this one would be great on a NATO strap. The current rubber strap doesn't do it justice.

 

Pinging @Aquagraph for comment ...

 

Wow really cool, I really like the texture of the dial! Quartz and rubber strap fits the watch perfectly

The only thing I dont like is the price, not great value for money...

 

£1329 on montredo, I think that's reasonable value considering my steel on steel aquaracer was £800 or so about 10 years back, and this is ceramic on ti (with a much more interesting dial).

Great post David, I've been looking forward to this one. It's an interesting watch, a bit of a shame that it hasn't got the classic dial colour, but im guessing the white on black is very striking.

I might be tempted with one of these as a birthday present to myself next year

There's a user review here: https://forums.watchuseek.com/f74/t...you-think-4750529.html#/topics/4750529?page=1

 

Yes of course but it is a bit weird that you have to look at grey market prices to find them reasonable. I know that is the case for most Tag prices though...

 

Agreed, I would love to understand their pricing strategy.

 

I love it too. Wished they make it mechanical though.

 

Today i was visiting the store. Crazy how this 3 hander Aquaracer is priced as expensive as the calibre16 chrono black phantom.

Not a bad design though. Looks much better in real than in photo, IMHO.

 

This one is AUD2750 which is mind-blowing for a quartz Aquaracer. My Carrera Calibre 7 Twin Time was only slightly more!

 

I'm not sure why they chose to go with a rubber strap, a lot of the PVD Heuers and Tag Heuers never had the option for a rubber strap. The black jubilee would have been a much more fitting choice in my humble opinion of course.

 

Well Omega charge considerably more, between $1500 and $2500 over SS models for a Ti Case/bracelet. So $500 seems quite reasonable in comparison. That’s a nice lookng Aquaracer. Love the lume shot in the review and the mostly monochrome design looks great.

 

#stormtrooper

 

That would have been a great ‘name’ for the design! I expect that the licensing fees to officially call it that would have been huge.

 

I think the problem is that the general level of pricing is too high on these models. Around USD 1000-1100 for that blue steel model and perhaps USD 1500 for this new one would make more sense in my eyes. Comparing to e.g. Longines VHP you are paying a big premium for the design and it saying TH on the dial.

 

That’s a premium I think applied accross the entire range tbh. Maybe more accute at the ‘lower end’ of the spectrum. I guess that’s reflected somewhat in the street price acheivable (even from ADs) compared to RRP. Same true to some extent for a few other big brands. Is a non limited edition Monaco worth nearly £5k? At 20% off I think it is fair value. My comment above was at the proportional extra charged for a Ti case. But I agree with your point overall. Though I’m not that familiar with the Aquaracer line as I favour Omega for ‘divers’. Just prefee the styling options on the Seamaster and Planet Ocean. Never seen any water with it though. Just like the styling

Monaco and Carrera are primarily what draw me to the TH brand so i’m not very familiar with the wider range. Though I do quite like the monochrome design of this piece. Something out of thwbordinary about it. Makes anchange feom the usual blacks, blues and Orange that seem to dominate divers.

 

I don't think so. The Aquagraph is such a unique and cool watch, I wouldn't trust them not to balls it up.

As for the Nightdiver... when I saw the pictures I was like 'Wow'... but then I got to try it on and I was like 'okay...'.