Shame on the radar!

 

39mm is a great size to be sure, but I've found that all of these TAGs are really tall on the wrist, making it feel a bit odd. If they could shave just a couple MM off the vertical height, these would be wonderful!

Looking at you, Calibre 18 Telemeter....

 

True, this one doesn't have the bloated lugs of its modern Carrera brethren. Though I think the caseback may still be a bit tall - see how far off the surface the crown is?

I'd love to see this and the new Monza, but TAG shuttered their New York boutique and even if I didn't hate department stores, their TAG sections usually lag a year or two behind TAG's new launches. I guess there's Tourneau, but they were all about the Hublot-01 and Connected models last time

 

Here is my 'Under the Radar' TAG....

 

The fifth avenue boutique has been closed, but I think that since the boutique closed Wempe started to show the full collection.

 

I did try it afew weeks ago at my local AD it definately felt thinner than the Calibre 5 39mm.

The only thing I found offputting was the lack of an inner track, it made the face feel very 'flat'.
Also the rotor and clasp were TAG Heuer branded, minor issue but strange considering the effort put into other Heuer editions.

 

I thought the Calibre 7 movement was used in GMT watches (e.g. the Twin Time). Since this 'glassbox' watch is a simple 3-hander, why didn't they use the Calibre 5? In fact, this Calibre 7 39mm model looks very similar to the existing Calibre 5 39mm model.

 

Interesting article on movements, any idea what quality TAG use?

 

Yes, the 2892 (and also the small seconds version and the gmt version) is a higher end movement than the 2824.
There are many details you can spot from a showcase that let you understand the grade of the 2824, for example:
- the shock system: it is very easy to see the difference between incabloc (in all top) and etachoc (in some elabore), the shape is completely different.
- different shape of the balance wheel between elabore and top.

I think that in modern Tag Heuer watches you will find higher grades in top-of-the-line watches (carreras, for example), and lower grades in aquaracers and formula 1s (without showcase).

 

dtf, our models are based on 2892