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·Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!
2020 Formula 1 Indy 500 Edition (CAZ101AD.FT8024)
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Mspeedster
·Yes, although the most Senna of the Senna watches (the 6000 Senna from 1994, because it’s the only one in which Ayrton was involved in its design), it does not have those colors 😉
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·Here's a bunch of live videos of the Indy F1: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDygsYJDG7r/
This one is really growing on me fast. The asphalt and bricks are so cool! 😎
If I owned this watch, I'm sure I'd find myself constantly gazing deep into the dial.
This one is really growing on me fast. The asphalt and bricks are so cool! 😎
If I owned this watch, I'm sure I'd find myself constantly gazing deep into the dial.
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Mspeedster
·I have to say that I really liked this one- review is live here:
https://www.calibre11.com/2020-tag-heuer-formula-1-indy-500-review-ref-caz101ad/
And yes, I'm working on an Indy 500 article at the suggestion of @Yago 👍
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·True. But the colors of Senna's helmet > the colors of the Senna 6000 (which really has no color). 😜
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·Its good that we also have positive and nice people here, to balance some others 😉
Sorry, my comment was not supposed to come across as mean. I was making light of it.
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·I meant that Ayrton himself decided not to include the yellow and green colors in the only Senna watch that he designed (the 6000 Senna), so that's why I don't see yellow and green as essential in a Senna watch... and if you had to put the colors of his helmet, then blue is missing in the 2015 edition! 😉
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kappa_md
·Its good that we also have positive and nice people here, to balance some others 😉
ALL GOOD 👍👍👍
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·But Senna didn't choose to use red either on the 6000, so that negates any color points for your preferred 2016 model
And we really don't know how much of the 6000's design was influenced by Senna vs some TAG Heuer designer. OTOH, his helmet is simply iconic Senna! 😉
In any case, the 6000 Senna it’s the only Senna watch that Ayrton gave the go-ahead to its design, just as he gave the OK to the Senna brand logo which only includes red. So IMHO the yellow and green colors (and why not also blue?) are not so essential in a Senna watch 😉
For these reasons, I wrote “Colors aside, from an aesthetic point of view, the 2016 is the F1 Senna I like the most” 😀, and for this reason it’s the one I bought... here on a green and yellow background 😁
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Mspeedster
·What do you think was more important to Senna as a racing driver? His helmet or a marketing brand logo?
What's the first thing everyone noticed as Senna stormed down a track? His gleaming yellow helmet, which he wore throughout his entire career. His brand logo was only created very late in his career and had little to do with his actual racing.
I rest my case.
What's the first thing everyone noticed as Senna stormed down a track? His gleaming yellow helmet, which he wore throughout his entire career. His brand logo was only created very late in his career and had little to do with his actual racing.
I rest my case.
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Aquagraph
·Albert's right though, there's just as much blue on that helmet as there is green.
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·Yes there is blue on his helmet. But I think having yellow, green, the red Senna S, and blue on the 2015 watch would be too much color. Hence the designers chose the colors that most jump out at you when you see Senna's helmet.
All I'm saying is for me, the lasting image I have of Senna is his helmet, and the 2015 model reminds me of his helmet. Which is why I prefer it. Just my preference. Albert prefers the 2016 model the best - that's great too. 😀
All I'm saying is for me, the lasting image I have of Senna is his helmet, and the 2015 model reminds me of his helmet. Which is why I prefer it. Just my preference. Albert prefers the 2016 model the best - that's great too. 😀
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·Back on topic. I toyed with the idea of getting the Indy 500 F1 in so far as to "Add to Cart" from the TH website. But I was SHOCKED to see its price of $2100 USD! 😲
I had thought it would be similarly priced as the 2020 RedBull F1 at $1750 USD. Which even at that price seems expensive for quartz, given that I bought my Gulf F1 for a few hundred less (after discount).
Anyway, I guess I won't be getting an Indy 500 after all. I just can't bring myself to spend that much on a quartz F1. 🙁
I had thought it would be similarly priced as the 2020 RedBull F1 at $1750 USD. Which even at that price seems expensive for quartz, given that I bought my Gulf F1 for a few hundred less (after discount).
Anyway, I guess I won't be getting an Indy 500 after all. I just can't bring myself to spend that much on a quartz F1. 🙁
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·Back on topic. I toyed with the idea of getting the Indy 500 F1 in so far as to "Add to Cart" from the TH website. But I was SHOCKED to see its price of $2100 USD! 😲
I had thought it would be similarly priced as the 2020 RedBull F1 at $1750 USD. Which even at that price seems expensive for quartz, given that I bought my Gulf F1 for a few hundred less (after discount).
Anyway, I guess I won't be getting an Indy 500 after all. I just can't bring myself to spend that much on a quartz F1. 🙁
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·I guess the black case is why the price is higher
I remember when F1s were around $1000 USD and I thought they were expensive (for a quartz) back then. Now TAG wants 2k for these special editions!? Jeez, for about a grand more I can get some very nice mechanical watches. 😗
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Albert-AMG
·The black case is cool, but I still have a hard time justifying paying $350 over the RedBull. The RedBull even comes with a steel bracelet, while the Indy's only got a rubber strap.
Yes, the price of the Indy 500 is also very difficult to understand here, even being a Limited Edition (not numbered) of 1500 pcs and having black DLC case... but EURO 350 over the Red Bull F1 with steel bracelet when the Indy 500 has a rubber strap, is too much difference 🤔
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kappa_md
·Indy500 2020 @ August 23, Sunday!
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