Our buddies at Time+Tide have launched their newest collaborative restricted version, a brand new model of one among our favourite TAG Heuer references, the Aquaracer Solargraph. The Solargraph builds on many years of Aquaracer heritage by incorporating state-of-the-art photo voltaic know-how that makes it one thing akin to the last word grand and go sports activities watch. The brand new LE from Time+Tide trades on the media outlet’s Australian roots to nice impact – the tip result’s a watch straddles the road between the excessive finish and a pure software, providing one thing just a bit large further for Time+Tide readers.
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Solargraph x Time+Tide “Sundowner,” because it’s recognized, options various design cues impressed by the Australian outback. The repute of the outback is as a wilderness surroundings that’s each lovely and treacherous, so a sandblasted titanium case makes a ton of thematic sense and provides a degree of robustness that you just’d need if you happen to discovered your self in one among Australia’s most distant areas. The barren, desert-like aesthetic can be evoked by the khaki strap and the rose gold dial accents, which offer the Sundowner with a way of utility and refinement. I’ve by no means been to the outback, personally, however the watch has a heat to it that’s each unusual in quartz powered sports activities watches and feels very a lot tied to the panorama it’s impressed by.
The Solargraph is ostensibly a dive watch, and contains a unidirectional rotating bezel in a tone matching that of the case together with a screw down crown and a water resistance score of 200 meters. The important thing to essentially understanding the Solargraph, although, is the motion. It runs on the TH50-00 caliber and options photo voltaic cells positioned behind the semi-translucent dial, which options the identical horizontal striping that different non-solar Aquaracers of late have included, this one in a complementary anthracite, sunray brushed execution. The cells cost on each pure and synthetic mild, and take roughly 40 hours of publicity to fill. As soon as totally charged, the watch can run for 10 months, though in fact in observe you’ll virtually all the time be charging it as you go about your daily actions. In any occasion, the motion additionally contains a energy saving mode (activated by disengaging the crown) that may preserve the battery juiced for 4 years. TAG says the overall battery life is about 15 years, which implies when you set and cost the watch, it’ll simply be good to go for nicely over a decade.
The Solargraph has a 40mm case and measures about 10mm tall. It’s an extremely simple watch to put on because of the versatile proportions and the extremely light-weight case, made attainable by Grade 2 titanium materials and quartz motion inside. We went hands-on with an early model of the Solargraph, so you’ll be able to see carrying impressions and extra commentary proper right here.
This restricted version launch comes at a time of development for Time+Tide. Now of their tenth 12 months, Time+Tide has expanded their attain with “Watch Discovery Studios” in Melbourne and London, and has proven growing curiosity in partaking the watch neighborhood at in-person occasions all through the world. Take, for instance, their current collaboration with Studio Underd0g, a pizza themed watch that’s solely obtainable at in-person watch occasions, the place you’re more likely to be offered a watch by Time+Tide founder Andrew McUtchen clad in a pizza chef’s outfit. One of these direct outreach to the fanatic neighborhood is clearly one thing these of us at Worn & Wound worth an important deal as nicely, and it’s thrilling to see Time+Tide pursue comparable targets in their very own means, offering a direct route for his or her readers to have interaction with the group, the manufacturers they cowl, and the watches themselves.
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Solargraph x Time+Tide “Sundowner” shall be obtainable for buy starting on November 18 at TAG Heuer boutiques in Australia and New Zealand, the TAG Heuer web site, and through Time+Tide’s web site and Discovery Studios. This version is proscribed to 250 items, and carries a retail value of $3,050. TAG Heuer
