TAG Monaco Gulf - crystal query...

Are you looking at the CAW2113 Gulf? I can't find anything by those three digit references, but as a vintage collector I can say a lot of people like and even prefer acrylic crystals, they're definitely not fragile and are less likely to chip or crack than a sapphire in general from a hard whack, but what they do is scratch. If you get a tube of polywatch you can polish it back up really easily, and even very deep gouges can be polished out by a watchmaker quite quickly and easily (I hit a Speedmaster crystal with a door jam once, watchmaker charged me $20 to get a very deep gouge out).

There's a depth, clarity and warmth you get from plexiglass that's really quite special, and at certain extreme angles the crystal gives this sort of rainbow spectrum effect like when you're looking through a prism. I'm quite a fan 😀

It'd be a nice compliment to your WK1212 diver and give that real vintage feel that's rather appropriate of a watch made famous by Steve McQueen

Ah gotcha now, the A was the part I was missing, a well known Australian dealer who's also a watchmaker has one for sale (more than the one you're looking at) and its definitely listed as plexiglass on his site so I'd consider that accurate as he would have polished it prior to sale.

It looks like the CAW2113 is the sapphire version from 2014.

The same seller of the one you've found on Chrono24 has it on eBay for a bit more too http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAG-Heuer-M...es_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item1e961d9101

Could always make him an offer and see what happens, are you in the UK like him? Might still be possible before Christmas

Incidentally of the two IMO the plexi 2007 one is the cooler of the two for reasons stated in my first post

Ah nice article thanks

Yea gotta show some pics mate, congrats