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The new TAG Heuer Skipper…. my 2 cents

Because not many from the Heuer crowd saying a word about it and some are asking for my feelings about, here are my thoughts. To bring it in the line, first check Jeffs Post about the "Five New TAG Heuer Carrera Chronographs for 2023" here. You will see the series of new Carreras, same dial layouts and case/pusher. Then check the new Skipper. Maybe here: tagheuer.com - THE COMEBACK OF A SAILING ICON or here on Hodinkee - using the limits of the new Carreras. credit: Hodinkee Whats to say about the watch from my own taste, opinion, experience [...]

The new TAG Heuer Skipper…. my 2 cents

How to change a bezel?

Change a bezel on an Autavia or Skipper To replace a bezel is very essy if you follow some tricks: - inspect closely the slot betwesn the lower part of the bezel and the sunburst of the case: usually there is a point where the bezel sits a bit higher and there is a bit of light between them - there I put a thin plastic sheet to protect the case (I use the transparent acetate sheet you can find to protect the neck of a new shirt) - should be not too thin (damage the sunburst) and not [...]

How to change a bezel?

Aquastar Regate with Felsa 4000N – found an amazing 1st execution

We know the nice early Aquastar Regate with Felsa 4000N special modified movement as the queen of the 5 dots, branded with Heuer for the 1967 Amercia´s Cup Race with INTREPID. Till now I didn´t recognise that we can see 2 executions of that. Big thanks to Pete, who is writing a book about Aquastar with a chapter for the Regattas. He pointed me on that and I searched on my files and yes, found 5 other of them. As we know from the later Regattas of Aquaster it´s a "movement put into case" watch, so called container case. Here are [...]

Aquastar Regate with Felsa 4000N – found an amazing 1st execution