Following up on the relaunch of its historically rooted, motorsport-inspired Carrera models, TAG Heuer has revisits its sporty divers’ watch, the Aquaracer, releasing three new models with avant-garde designs. All are slightly reminiscent of the Heuer 2000 Series, considered by some to be the precursor of the modern Aquaracer line of today, and are powered by either mechanical or quartz movements.

The Aquaracer Khaki Special Edition (Ref. WAY101L.FC8222).

The first timepiece is the quartz-powered, Aquaracer Khaki Animation Special Edition (Ref. WAY101L.FC8222), which was introduced in June, and uses the combination of a sturdy fabric strap and a sleek anthracite-grey-colored dial. The watch’s 43-mm-diameter case features polished and fine-brushed steel and is fitted with an olive-green-colored divers’ bezel. The bezel is produced in aluminum with a khaki-colored matte finish and uses a 60-minute scale to indicate the elapsed minutes.
The hour and minute sword-shaped hands and the central seconds hand are rhodium-plated and painted in white Super-LumiNova for nighttime legibility.

At the 3 o’clock position is the screw-down crown to ensure the watch’s water-resistance to 300 meters (1,000 feet). The flat sapphire crystal over the dial has an anti-reflective treatment for added daytime legibility. The dial uses rhodium-plated trapezoidal-shaped markers and indexes to indicate the hours, while the sword-shaped hour and minute hands an...