2021 TAG Heuer Carrera Three Hands Calibre 5 and Calibre 7

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Sorry but still more excited about my rugby season tickets turning up, nice but nothing ground breaking, ambassadors won’t persuade me to buy a watch-or anything actually-maybe they should real people who have opened their wallet and paid to wear the watch.
 
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Anyone agree that there should have been a pastel set of colours for launch? Pink? Turquoise?

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I think it would have been a bit of a blatant copy of what Rolex has done and attracted a fair amount of criticism. They would possibly have mopped up some sales, though! I do think they could have done a unique colour or two, though. The whole range is pretty bland imo.
 
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Ryan Gosling an odd choice, or more so Ryan Gosling has taken the money. Always known for his smaller vintage watch wearing - Rolex 34m, JLC 34mm (in the very much LaLa Land & Mad Men vibe) Think also a 'fake' Patek in Drive - but that style is often what he wears.

Tag seems very much the opposite of this, but I get he's part of the Hollywood young crew they have.
 
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I think it would have been a bit of a blatant copy of what Rolex has done and attracted a fair amount of criticism. They would possibly have mopped up some sales, though! I do think they could have done a unique colour or two, though. The whole range is pretty bland imo.

Wouldn't have surprised me if they did go with some pastels. Tag have been playing copycat for a while now.
 
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IMHO, there seems to be quite the confusion in the article between what’s a radial (vs. circular) finish. And maybe it’s not the first time?
It's not a radial dial (in terms of numeral arrangement), but it's OK to describe it as a radial-pattern dial I think (which is what the article says). Concentric may have been a more appropriate term but I don't find the article confusing.
 
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IMHO, there seems to be quite the confusion in the article between what’s a radial (vs. circular) finish. And maybe it’s not the first time?

To be fair, I don't understand the difference either and Google seems to offer contradictory examples... I presume you mean radial is like what we commonly refer to as sunburst and circular is what you commonly see on subdials?
 
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Hi,

thank you for the review 😀

Question :

in your review, you indicate that the movement for the GMT model is an ETA 2893-2.

But on other reviews read this morning, it's indicated that the movement is a Sellita SW330.

Do you have the correct info please ?
 
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To be fair, I don't understand the difference either and Google seems to offer contradictory examples... I presume you mean radial is like what we commonly refer to as sunburst and circular is what you commonly see on subdials?
I would agree with these concepts. Although maybe we should simply avoid “sunburst” as a definition (as its more a visual effect than a type of finish) and refer to radial (as in “emerging as rays from a common center”) vs. concentric (?)
 
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Anyone agree that there should have been a pastel set of colours for launch?

A sunburst green really would have been a wonderful way to take on that trend.
 
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A sunburst green really would have been a wonderful way to take on that trend.

Yes!
 
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in your review, you indicate that the movement for the GMT model is an ETA 2893-2.

But on other reviews read this morning, it's indicated that the movement is a Sellita SW330.

The SW330 is a copy of the 2893, so it's essentially academic. But ETA have been restricting movements much more lately, so this is most likely a Sellita base.
 
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The original green Aquaracer is trading at list or over still, they really should be making more of that kind of jewel green dial
 
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These are the best photos I've seen yet.

LOL love you too Charlie. Next time I'll bring my full photo studio setup to the Boutique LMAO 😁 😁 😁
 
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LOL love you too Charlie. Next time I'll bring my full photo studio setup to the Boutique LMAO 😁 😁 😁
Sorry, didn't particularly mean yours, but it's impossible to take good photos in a boutique anyway I find. Those really strong spotlight downlighters make the watches reflect and sparkle a bit too much, and do nothing for the colours like natural daylight would.

P.S. What I actually meant was, David's photos make the watches look nicer, not that they are better photos per se (although they clearly are 😜).
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Not pistachio? That's more of a pastel shade after all. ::stirthepot::

Well, actually why not. Just because I think it looks awful, there seem to be plenty of (presumably) colourblind YouTubers who think it's the best thing since sliced bread.
 
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The SW330 is a copy of the 2893, so it's essentially academic. But ETA have been restricting movements much more lately, so this is most likely a Sellita base.

Yes I know, I ask the question because the article of Calibre 11 specifies well "ETA" 😉
 
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Yes I know, I ask the question because the article of Calibre 11 specifies well "ETA" 😉
I find that ETA is often used even when it's a Sellita.

Pretty sure my Squale 1521 contains a Sellita (because all the new ones seem to), but in the description on the website I bought it from, it said ETA. I bet if you challenged on them, they'd just say it was an identical movement.
 
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