#Tag carrera calibre 5 2005 update

This complemented the black striped dial and bezel that was also made from rubber. The rubber strap was made in balck rubber with a tappersie waffle-esque design with the outline of the classic Tag Heuer shield logo at the top. The case shape became more angular and featured a rubber or three link bracelet. Not only were there new movements but their water resistance massively increased from 300m to 500m, as the name would suggest. From 2009 to 2012, they released the Aquaracer calibre 5 500m (reference WAJ2110). This would prove to be the foundation for the Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 5 that had a very successful run.

#Tag carrera calibre 5 2005 update

Tag Heuer continued to update and change minor details across their Aquaracer 300m until the end of 2009. Hence, it was after thai that Tag Heuer decided it was time to design more of a variety designed to be worn by most people so they started to make them thinner and more wearable. They were Aquaracers that featured a dual time zone and date function however this made the watch extremely thick at just under 15mm and with a case diameter of 43mm, you really had to have a large wrist to wear it comfortably. The calibre S was used inside their Grand Dates which used the carrera calibre 16 case, but these were only a short production. Towards the end of 2007 the calibre 5 started to be used inside their automatic watches whilst the quartz watches featured various types of ETA and Sellita movements. Tag Heuer had a tendency to put more effort into their automatic dials, they offered them with a ‘Clous de Paris’ design which takes inspiration from the famous tappersies dial that Audemars Piguet are famously known for. Tag Heuer differentiated the quartz watches with a coloured logo whilst the mechanical watches received a monochrome and less fussy logo.Īnother way to differentiate their quartz from the automatic movement was by the dial on the watch. However if you opted for the automatic mechanical movement from Tag Heuer, the case, like before, increased to 41mm and you did not have a coloured Tag Heuer logo. This design was continued on the hands with them also being in a stick shape filled with lume. The new deal was a sunburst steel with Tag Heuer’ new stick hour markers filled with lume. Thai time the bezel featured larger polished minute markers and the numbers were made larger with deeper engravings for greater legibility. Their new 38mm Aquaracer looked extremely similar to the model Jack Heuer first released with its dodecagon (12 sided) bezel made from brushed and polished steel. In 2006 Tag heuer made some changes to the Aquaracer line, the biggest change was they started to use colour on the Tag Heuer logo on the dial. One thing to note with the day-date, it only came in a 43mm case size. The Chronograph reference CAF2010 had either a royal blue or grey dial with the option of either a date or day-date function. From 2005 to 2008 they kept on adding more chronographs as they were one of their most popular models not just in the Aquaracer line up but their whole entire watch range. Tag Heuer was determined to provide a dive watch that anyone could wear and more importantly, wanted to wear. This was also surprisingly only available in 41mm which was odd for the time as Tag Heuer normally offered chronographs in 43mm.

However, the newest addition to the Aquaracer line was the addition of a chronograph in 2005. Again, like the previous generation they kept the same two case sizes available, the 38 mm for the quartz movement and 41mm for the automatic one. Tag Heuer went on to see huge amounts of success with their Aquaracer 300m and so they kept the same name through to 2009.