I have to confess, I?m still not sure what makes a retro-inspired diver. A large part of it is styling, of course, but even then there is no single blueprint for what a 1970s dive watch looked like. Give me a blank sheet of paper and I wouldn?t know where to start. I do know one when I see one though, and the Taucher 2 from Heinrich watches certainly fits the bill. We may think of German divers as be utilitarian by nature, but the one I?m looking at today has a little more flair. In fact, I?d even day it?s a little funky.

Two watches made their way from Stuttgart in the south of Germany to Brad HQ in the south of England, and despite only a few differences between them they give off very different vibes. With a total of eight colorways in the Taucher 2 lineup there?s plenty of variety, but the case and bracelet remain the same throughout. At 41m in diameter, the Taucher 2 is right around the ?go-to? size for a retro diver, but the 42mm lug to lug could bring this watch into play for small wrists too (more on that later though!). Heinrich refer to this measurement as horn-to-horn, which is more appropriate given the lack of pronounced lugs and the scalloped shape where the case meets the bracelet.
Perhaps one of the few attributes that I could confidently identify for a retro-inspired diver is a nice, slim midcase, and Heinrich have included that here. The case height is cloaked well with combination of brushed surfaces along the case sides and top, a generous pol...