The TAG Heuer Formula 1 Blue Dial Chronograph has a 43mm stainless steel case, which has a combination of brushed and polished finishes- the main polished surfaces being the case sides, the crown and pushers.
The dial offers hand-applied steel indices with an over-sized “12” numeral at due north. A small inner bezel sits at the outer-edge of the dial and features a minute scale, with the 5-minute intervals marked in Orange. Each of the three registers has a circular azurage pattern with a steel frame, which helps give the dial definition.
While many watches in the TAG Heuer look alike watches range now offer a ceramic bezel, the fixed blue bezel on the new F1 is aluminium with a racing-style tachymeter scale. Another feature to note is the coloured TAG Heuer shield, in contrast to the more usual all-white logo. Historically, quartz TAG Heuers use the colour logo while automatic models stick to the white logo. There have been a few exceptions to this rule over the years, but most of the time the rule still holds true.
There are two ways of tethering the F1 Chronograph to your wrist- either the brushed steel bracelet you see here, or a “technical nylon strap”, which is similar to a NATO strap- there is no rubber or leather strap option. And that suits us just fine- given the price of the bracelet by itself, we’d probably order this model on the bracelet but also buy the technical strap separately to have the choice of swapping it over during the summer months.
The dial offers hand-applied steel indices with an over-sized “12” numeral at due north. A small inner bezel sits at the outer-edge of the dial and features a minute scale, with the 5-minute intervals marked in Orange. Each of the three registers has a circular azurage pattern with a steel frame, which helps give the dial definition.
While many watches in the TAG Heuer look alike watches range now offer a ceramic bezel, the fixed blue bezel on the new F1 is aluminium with a racing-style tachymeter scale. Another feature to note is the coloured TAG Heuer shield, in contrast to the more usual all-white logo. Historically, quartz TAG Heuers use the colour logo while automatic models stick to the white logo. There have been a few exceptions to this rule over the years, but most of the time the rule still holds true.
There are two ways of tethering the F1 Chronograph to your wrist- either the brushed steel bracelet you see here, or a “technical nylon strap”, which is similar to a NATO strap- there is no rubber or leather strap option. And that suits us just fine- given the price of the bracelet by itself, we’d probably order this model on the bracelet but also buy the technical strap separately to have the choice of swapping it over during the summer months.
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