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it would be interesting to know whether TAG would take responsibility if say you went diving in 5M of water with your Monaco and it leaked (and you had it tested in the previous 12 months).
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I wonder how often you to have your watch pressure tested for them to honour the warranty?

If not stated in the warranty, a yearly check is normal. So if you had tested the Monaco in the previous 12 months, and TAG can't show that you've done anything to the watch to compromise its design (bad drops, leaving it caked in mud etc) it's likely they'd cover it if it's still under warranty.

As for the whole "50m means don't get it wet" BS, that'd be an easy class-action suit. While the ISO 6425 official standard for diver's watches lays out the testing procedure and required performance, any claim of water resistance on either the watch case or within published specs had better stand up.
 
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...hville&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=watchville
 
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This is a common myth and isn't true. Someone did the math and you'd have to be moving at supersonic speeds for any meaningful pressure difference.

50m is good for 50 meters and with good seals (again this is the most important determinant of actual WR) will be just fine for snorkeling, recreational diving and the like.

100m will suffice for all but the most truly dedicated, highly-trained divers. 200m would be getting into sat diving range.

As for 500m WR, it's not possible for a human to dive that deep. The Guinness world record for a dive is 332m.
Hodinkee also has an article consistent with this; basically saying the water depth rating can be trusted (in most cases) and the notion of dynamic (vs. static) pressure has a trivial effect.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/w...gs-really-mean-and-whether-you-can-trust-them
 
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Rob, look away 😁

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the horror!


Looks great on the wrist, how does it wear? Super light?
 
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the horror!


Looks great on the wrist, how does it wear? Super light?
Cheers - yep, super light. It wears much like a 58 really- with a bit of extra presence due to the bezel. Initially a bit disconcerting especially as I took its porky brother (the pro) with me. The weight difference even with the pro on nato is huge.

I nearly passed on it at the AD as the lights in there made it look unreadable and hugely reflective. Having sat in front of a screen all week, my eyes were not ready for that. Thankfully they let me take it out for 5 mins and all was good.

and now at home and sized properly it’s even better. It’s very comfortable, weighs bugger all, and (to my eyes) looks great. Not a lot not to like really, apart from Tudor seem to be trying to do a Rolex with the AR coating (or lack thereof) so the crystal is ultra reflective at certain angles. Not a biggie, but I’d rather it wasn’t.
 
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Yeah the 58 is also insanely reflective, wish they would step up and start using modern tech i.e AR coating
 
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That second photo makes me want it. No reflection, just that nice matte titanium look.
 
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That second photo makes me want it. No reflection, just that nice matte titanium look.
It looks like that more often than blingy. The other interesting point is the 21mm lug width, which has the effect of thinning the lugs - making it wear much like the 5 digit/ Tudor subs of old.

All in all, I think they’ve knocked it out the park here.
 
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Any congratulations I offer would surely come over as hollow, but still - I hope you enjoy wearing your new watch Steve.
 
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Any congratulations I offer would surely come over as hollow, but still - I hope you enjoy wearing your new watch Steve.
Cheers - I was only joking btw. I actually do get why some prefer the 42 in all honesty. 👍
 
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Cheers - yep, super light. It wears much like a 58 really- with a bit of extra presence due to the bezel. Initially a bit disconcerting especially as I took its porky brother (the pro) with me. The weight difference even with the pro on nato is huge.

I nearly passed on it at the AD as the lights in there made it look unreadable and hugely reflective. Having sat in front of a screen all week, my eyes were not ready for that. Thankfully they let me take it out for 5 mins and all was good.

and now at home and sized properly it’s even better. It’s very comfortable, weighs bugger all, and (to my eyes) looks great. Not a lot not to like really, apart from Tudor seem to be trying to do a Rolex with the AR coating (or lack thereof) so the crystal is ultra reflective at certain angles. Not a biggie, but I’d rather it wasn’t.

that’s awesome, really glad you’re happy with it.

I’m looking forward to trying this one, not planning on buying because I have a _lot_ of dive watches already, but I’m convinced it’s the perfect everyday watch
 
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that’s awesome, really glad you’re happy with it.

I’m looking forward to trying this one, not planning on buying because I have a _lot_ of dive watches already, but I’m convinced it’s the perfect everyday watch
The one thing to note is that it looks really blingy under AD lights. The reality in normal light is much different - the sunburst is very subtle.
 
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It looks like that more often than blingy. The other interesting point is the 21mm lug width, which has the effect of thinning the lugs - making it wear much like the 5 digit/ Tudor subs of old.

All in all, I think they’ve knocked it out the park here.

21mm lug width is the worst but would def be interesting to see on a 39mm watch
 
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