Ayrton Senna's TAG Heuer watches, as worn in chronological order during each F1 season as a TAG Ambassador
I recently did a deeper dive search on when and where Senna first wore his TAGs and how often he wore a given model. This is just an approximation, as there were some races in which I could not ID his watch. But I was able to confirm his watch about 90% of the time in photos for a given season.
1988 Season - Did not wear TAG Heuer. Senna wore a Casio DBT-70W for most of the season and a Seiko A781 Racing Master in latter races.
1989 Season
1) First TAG Heuer, white dial 2000 chrono, ref 165.806 - Worn at the season opener, Brazilian GP March '89. He may have also worn it at the 2nd race in Imola, but I couldn't ID his watch for that race. So Imola might've been the 2000 or S/EL Ana-Digi or other?
2) S/EL Ana-Digi, cream dial ref S25.706c - Monaco (Rd 3) May '89, first sighting in pics. The pic below is the only one I could find of his watch at Monaco '89, by looking at the end-link it appears to be the S/EL.
The next race, Mexico, confirms it to be the cream dial. S25.706c was worn at 7 races in order: Monaco, Mexico, US, Canada, France, Britain, and Germany. (Perhaps 8 races, if he wore it as early as San Marino in April.)
3) S/EL Ana-Digi, gray dial ref S25.206c - First appeared at the Hungarian GP (Rd 10) Aug '89. Senna would continue to wear the gray dial for the remaining races, 7 in total: Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Japan and Australia.
1990 Season - Senna continued to alternate his S/EL Ana-Digi cream & gray dialed watches the entire season. The gray dial worn at: US, San Marino, Monaco, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy (not 100% sure if gray vs cream), and Japan. The cream dial worn at: Brazil, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Australia. Each color worn at 8 races out of 16, split 50/50.
4) 2000 Chrono black dial ref 565.306, as worn in the promotional photo. Assumed taken some time circa 1990, but never worn at a GP.
1991 Season - Senna again wore his S/EL Ana-Digis for almost the entire season. The Gray dial getting the vast majority of his wrist time at GPs.
5) F1 Chrono ref 472.513 - First and only appearance Japan Oct '91. This was the only race in '91 in which Senna didn't wear one of his S/ELs.
1992 Season - This season was the most diverse, with Senna wearing at least 4 different models. He started the season with his venerable S/EL, with the Cream dial getting the most wrist time. The S/EL Ana-Digi worn at: South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, San Marino and Monaco. He also wore it at the French Open in June (seen here).
6) S/EL 3-hander dark gray dial ref WG1113.BA0421(S99.206) - First appearance at the Canadian GP (Rd 7) June '92. He would wear it at the next 4 races, 5 in total: Canada, France, Britain, Germany and Hungary. This was a change of style, as he wore it on the bracelet, rather than a leather strap.
7) 6000 ref WH5151 - Rd 12 Belgium Aug '92 saw the arrival of his well-known 6000 white dial. With the exception of Portugal, Senna would wear this watch for the remaining races: Italy, Japan and Australia.
** Mystery Watch - Rd 14 Portugal Sept '92, Senna is wearing a watch I have yet to identify. I'm not even sure if it's a TAG Heuer!
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1993 Season - As far as I can tell, Senna wore his 6000 WH5151 the entire season.
1994 Season - Senna continued to wear his 6000 WH5151 during his final season. Although he was said to have been wearing the prototype Senna Edition 6000 just prior to his final tragic race at Imola.
8) Senna Edition 6000 Prototype - Early 1994
