Discount TAG Heuer Men's Aquaracer Automatic Watch #WAB2010.BA0804
great looking watch, reasonable price
I've had my eye on this watch for a while on amazon before seeing it at a local jewelers on sale. The watch looks much bolder than the picture at the top of this page shows and seeing it in person It looks more like the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Quartz in Black except with a red pointed second hand that looks very classy as it gently sweeps around the face of the watch. The luminescent paint on the hour marks are very bright, but only last for a few hours. They do make the watch look very bold and sporty, and in that regard it's very versatile, I feel like I can literally wear this watch everywhere, in both casual and formal situations, and then be able to go for a swim afterwards with it on.
As a watch itself, it's difficult to justify the price if you're looking at nickels and dimes: it keeps time just like any other watch, and actually worse than quartz watches. But the automatic movement is a marvel to behold if you remember that it keeps time to within a few seconds per day with just gears and springs. (I'm a mechanical engineer by trade and this fact amuses me greatly). Likewise it's a well built, good looking piece of accessory that looks much simpler and classier than the chronograph style watches with a million dials that are popular in this price bracket.
I've had this watch for a week and the accuracy has gone down from gaining 15 seconds a day to about 12 now. These movements have a tendency to "stabilize" over the first few weeks, so if yours gains 15-20 seconds a day at first as some of the other reviews have noted, just give it some time (no pun intended) and then check it in a week or two. You can also get the watch calibrated by a jeweler if you really care about accuracy. Honestly I stare at a computer with a clock for 10 hours a day, so I never need to know what time it is to the second. I was initially pretty hesitant about getting an automatic for the accuracy reason, but after having this watch I realized that I don't really care: it's actually kind of fun synchronizing it to my iphone once a week.
The Tag Caliber 5 movement itself is a modified ETA movement that's found in many other Swiss automatics. It's a little more fluid (10 beats per second) than the Japanese movements, and the discrete ticking is barely noticeable. If it's movement for the buck you're looking for, you'd be better off with an Invicta #9937 which has the same movement for a little over $300. But the Tag excels in not looking like a Rolex knockoff, with bold looks that will get noticed, and phenomenal build quality. This is a watch that I'd want to wear for years to come.
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