TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 500 Date

- Category
- Sports
- Case
- Titanium
- Movement
- Self-winding mechanical Power reserve: 70 h, 28800 vph
- Functions
- Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date
- Size
- ø 42 mm
- Thickness
- 12.7 mm
- Water resistance
- 500 m
- Reference
- WBP5182.BF0010
- Price
- 5,100 CHF
Description
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 500 Date builds on a legacy of aquatic performance, forging a distinct place within the dive watch segment. Engineered for the most challenging depths, it offers an impressive 500-meter water resistance. Crafted from grade 2 titanium for both its case and bracelet, this timepiece delivers a sensation of extreme lightness on the wrist, weighing just 120 grams, yet maintaining a robust, tool-ready presence. This material ensures exceptional resistance to impact and corrosion, offering unwavering durability for underwater explorers.
This specific reference celebrates the ocean's depth with a high-contrast black gradient wave-pattern dial. This design evokes the marine immensity and the play of light beneath the surface. The dial is accented by a distinctive white minute flange with a blue ring, being one of the last colors to disappear underwater, a touch of blue has also been integrated on the seconds hand, thus ensuring optimal legibility even in the darkest and deepest environments. The bezel continues this marine theme with its first fifteen minutes highlighted in blue, an aesthetic and functional choice that enhances underwater legibility and contrast, crucial elements for diver safety.
The watch features a new black DLC sandblasted grade 2 titanium helium escape valve. This key feature ensures the watch can safely endure saturation pressures by allowing trapped helium to exit during resurfacing. Its discreet integration preserves the watch's elegance while reaffirming its capacity for extreme underwater performance. The caseback bears the "Limited Edition" and "One of 1500" special engraving, highlighting the exclusivity of each piece in this limited series. At the heart of this creation is the Calibre TH30-00. With COSC certification, a power reserve of 70 hours, this movement represents a high level of precision and durability. It also comes with TAG Heuer’s extended five-year warranty, underscoring the robustness and reliability of this mechanical foundation. The timepiece comes in an ultra-secure custom case equipped with a professional backup light. Waterproof, crushproof, dustproof, and corrosion-proof, this case mirrors the resilience of the watch it protects and its purpose of accompanying adventurers into the most hostile environments. This new timepiece channels the thrill of discovery and the courage to venture further, bringing renewed energy to the subaquatic segment and extending the reach of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer collection into deeper and more specialized territory.
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