Customer Reviews

TAG Heuer Men's WAF2112.BA0806 Aquaracer Automatic Stainless Steel Blue Dial Watch

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I've had my Aquaracer for a short while now and I really love it.

This is my second Tag and I'm looking forward to not having to buy batteries every 8 or 9 months, since this watch is "automatic" and should self-wind with regular wear.

Some have mentioned that the watch will need regular maintenance (perhaps every year or two) to maintain the automatic mechanism. This wasn't mentioned to me at the point of sale. I suspect I will just let it go and see how long it runs without problems.

The watch itself is really beautiful, one of the nicest looking Tag's I think.

The blue background is not a solid blue, it looks like metallic blue with tiny gray or silver dots creating a very tiny grid-work. The result, to my eye, is that the blue background takes on different shades of deep blues depending on the light and the viewing angle. All these colors have a beautiful, and lustrous effect to them.

The dial is very easy to read. That was one of the reasons I was attracted to the watch. No extra dials or gizmos to confuse your eye, just nice big hands and nice big marks on all the hours.

The glow-in-the dark material, which is implemented as tiny strips centered in the silver hour marks, gives off a very faint greenish color by day. To me this is a very beautiful contrast with the blue background.

The crystal, which is synthetic sapphire, is very clear and I love the anti-glare aspect of it. I hope it as anti-scratch as I have been lead to believe. Apparently it is only scratchable by diamonds or certain cutting materials which one should not normally encounter.

I teach aerobics and wear this watch during class. It gets lots of waving around, bumping, and quick-stop impact during various exercises and so far it seems none the worse for wear. I have not yet tested it under water... honestly I'm a little worried about doing so. Other expensive "water resistant" watches I have had have proven to not be so resistant afterall, and I'd hate to mess this watch up.

The band is very comfortable and it has what I would call a double latch mechanism, which theoretically should lessen the chances of the watch unlatching and falling off your wrist.

The watch is not cheap, but is less so than many Tag's and comparable watches. It the favorite of all my watches now. I have 4 in total that were all priced over $1,000.00, just to give a frame of reference.

I'll create a new post in a few months or years after I can see the longevity of the watch.

I've had this watch for about 6 years now, and it's still going strong. I wear it every day. I work in an office, but I do wear it when I'm doing housework and yard work, and so far the aesthetics are holding up. The band and housing have become dulled by the many tiny scratches that occur with normal wear, but I think this is entirely normal. I was definitely concerned about it when I first got it, but you forget about it over time and eventually it just becomes the "look" of the watch. The main thing, is that there's not a SINGLE scratch on the crystal, and I've hit it on some pretty bad stuff.

When I purchased the watch, the salesman told me that I'd periodically have to send the watch in for repairs, as the automatic functions of the watch require maintenance. He ballparked it at every 5-6 years or so. But it's been 6 years so far, and it still keeps great time. I do have to periodically readjust the time though, even with daily wear. It seems the time actually runs faster than normal time, which is odd.... I guess I'd rather be a few minutes early than late!

I bought it new at a mall watch/jewelry store. I don't know if you get this same deal anymore, but when I sent in my TAG registration card for buying at a legitimate store, they send you a "free" TAG Heuer hat in the mail.

Overall, this is the first "expensive" watch I've ever owned, and I'm very pleased with it.

PROS
- Automatic function means never having to buy batteries.
- Crystal is very strong, hasn't scratched on me yet.
- Keeps pretty accurate time, only requiring occasional readjustment.

CONS
- If this is your daily wear watch, the band and housing will scuff up. Not a big deal to me, but maybe to some.
- Automatic function means having to wear the watch at least for a little while each day. If you leave the watch on your desk for much over a day, then you'll have to reset the time.
- Have to send the watch in for maintenance instead of battery changes... pick your poison.

I've had my Tag Automatic 200 meter for about 7 years now and I've never had a problem with it. I always take my watch off at night and it keeps the perfectly for at least 12 hours. In fact I often don't wear it for a 24 hour period on the weekend and find that it still continues to run and keep time. Only after about 48 hours of not wearing it does it start to lose time or stop running.

While I do sit in an office every day I also own 5 rental properties and do a lot of my own maintenance. Coupled with that I also used to work for a landscaping company every summer mowing lawns (for about 5 yrs during the 7 yrs I've owned this watch). I've bashed this watch up against chain-link fences, concrete walls, wood, power tools, etc... and it has held up very well. Amazingly I still can't find a scratch on the crystal, however the metal now bears a lot of scratches from all of that use and abuse. The watch still looks great though overall, and runs perfectly. Really it just could use a deep cleaning after 7 solid years of use. In or out of the pool, shower, etc.., nothing seems to stop it.

I would highly recommend this watch. It really is a great value for the price, and has held up even under rigorous use.

I bought this watch a couple of weeks ago and am quite happy with it. The blue face it quite attractive and it keeps good time. The self wind reserve is enough to keep it running over night when I'm not wearing it and well into the next day if I don't put it on early. So far it hasn't run down off my wrist.

The glow in the dark hour marks are quite luminous at night making it easy to read the time in any ambient light.

When it arrived the band was too big and I took it to a local jewelry store and for $10 they removed 3 links.

The face of this watch is truly scratch proof. The band, not so much. This watch is everything I hoped it would be. Pretty awesome. It's easy to tell the time. It looks good too.

I bought this watch for christmas and I really loved the watch. It is very beautiful and stylish.
But what I never would expect from a TAG is that the watch stoped working after 8 weeks regular wearing.
This really disapoint me. From a leading swiss watch company I was expecting a watch which last fro long without any problems not stop working after 8 weeks. I own more then 10 watches of different brands but never had a problem like this.
My only hope is that amazon will repair or even beter change the watch to a new one because after only 8 weeks to get a repaired watch is not really what I expect from a 1200 or 1800 regular priced watch.

Tag Heuer Aquaracer Automatic - forget it - not worth the money. Even if wound and you wear the watch it does not run for more than 8 hours. Was told by the salesperson the reserve is 30 - 40 hours. The watch never continue for that duration. When contacted Tag Heuer customer service, what a joke. I could return the watch for 'repair' at my expense. Please understand the watch is less than a month old. Talk about a run around from customer service. What ever happed to customer service?

Save you hard earned money buy anything besides a Tag - more hype than anything else. You would think Tag would help resolve the issue - nope.