2022 TAG Heuer Formula 1 - Indy 500 Special Edition

abrod520

It’s supposed to be the famous Pagoda

Chrisred71

Wow, this watch looks vastly different from the one pictured in the renders. Almost like it's a cheap knockoff. Are you sure it's not a pre production thing ?

The dial went from a deep, textured black to a cheap, plastic like grey, which is a complete mismatch with the black bezel, as opposed with the renders where bezel & dial are a perfect match of color.

Some applied markets seems to be smaller, but maybe it's their white color that no longer produce a striking contrast with a black dial.

The bezel also went from matte to glossy. The inner ring went from deep red to washed out .

It's a complete disaster. I hope this is from either very poor lightning or disastrous quality from your device.

Because I mean, I'll attach both renders and your live picture below and let you decide.

Also, any chance this piece comes to Europe ? Cause I was very interested and I'm sure the live pictures are wrong somehow.

Lemme know what your guys think.

Mspeedster

You can't always trust TAG Heuer's renders, the watches do often look slightly different in real life. Sometimes better, sometimes worse.

But part of it may have been the lighting of @abrod520's pic. The TH Boutiques often have very bright indoor lighting.

Here's another live pic that I found on Instagram. What do you think?

abrod520

Thank you for your indictment of my photography skills. Quite a way to introduce yourself to the forum 😉

I'm always the first to say I'm not the best photographer and yes, the lighting in the Boutique is difficult. However, this is what the watch looks like - If you pay close attention to the renders, you'll see the grained 'asphalt' finish of the dial rather than a "deep textured black", which is also very much not the same glossy color as the bezel. (Why TAG did not render the bezel as glossy I do not know, but it is. Not the highest gloss but it is definitely not matte)

The numerals: look smaller in my photo than the renders because they're polished and not reflecting the light around the edges. In the render, they appear white which is not the case.

With the red ring on the dial, it's definitely not as deep as on the renders. My photo shows more or less what it would look like in bright sunlight, but as you can see in the other IG photo it isn't always going to look washed out.

As I always tell people though, TAG's renders are often not even close to what the end product looks like (usually to their detriment) and if you're interested in the watch you should definitely go try it on, you might like it a lot more than even live pics suggest.

abrod520

Thank you for your indictment of my photography skills. Quite a way to introduce yourself to the forum 😉

I'm always the first to say I'm not the best photographer and yes, the lighting in the Boutique is difficult. However, this is what the watch looks like - If you pay close attention to the renders, you'll see the grained 'asphalt' finish of the dial rather than a "deep textured black", which is also very much not the same glossy color as the bezel. (Why TAG did not render the bezel as glossy I do not know, but it is. Not the highest gloss but it is definitely not matte)

The numerals: look smaller in my photo than the renders because they're polished and not reflecting the light around the edges. In the render, they appear white which is not the case.

With the red ring on the dial, it's definitely not as deep as on the renders. My photo shows more or less what it would look like in bright sunlight, but as you can see in the other IG photo it isn't always going to look washed out.

As I always tell people though, TAG's renders are often not even close to what the end product looks like (usually to their detriment) and if you're interested in the watch you should definitely go try it on, you might like it a lot more than even live pics suggest.

abrod520

The more time you spend here, the more you'll find complaints about how terrible the renders have gotten, especially lately it seems. Watches that look hideous in renders come out looking pretty good, while in some cases (like the F1s in particular) they come out looking worse. I think with the F1s, materials have gotten cheaper and that's why they don't look as good.



According to the website, it's aluminum.

abrod520

At this price point for a major brand, ceramic bezels aren't going to be included - even for a quartz.

For intel about Ronda movements, well... why not try Ronda's website?

I'm sure with the proper spec battery 54 months is achievable.

Accuracy? It's quartz.

Tough? Ronda is an esteemed movement maker, and I'd expect it'll hold up to anything you'd subject a $2,000 watch to. But if you're gonna be smashing it around I'd recommend a G-Shock or similar instead

abrod520

I don't think they're making any more of those [...] It looks like the plan is to offer ceramics on the Cal 16 models though.

abrod520

Not here at least:

It may still be widely available in stores, but that doesn't mean it's still in production. And from the release schedule the only new F1s due with a ceramic bezel are Cal 16.

Some of the 3-hand F1s may have had ceramic bezels, and we may see that going forward but for now it seems that aluminum is what they're doing with the F1. Perhaps because the Aquaracer now has a ceramic bezel. Who knows.

Sure, at $2k we can expect that from a micro but from an established brand like TAG, they can usually get away with offering less for more. Not saying I like it, not saying I agree with it, but that's the way it is.

Aquagraph

Orange F1 has a ceramic bezel, just sayin. 😉

Chrisred71

Is that the two tone Calibre 6 RS in your profile pic ?

abrod520

We'll see. It looks like very soon we're going to see the next evolution of the basic F1 with PVD steel bezels, though. I don't think ceramic is a part of that plan