Friday, June 5, 2015

Breitling B55 smartwatch hands-on: An instrument for pros rather than notifications on the go

"Instruments for Professionals" Breitling's UK MD Gavin Murphy tells Pocket-lint in a behind closed doors fourth floor meeting room on the opulent Breitling Baselworld 2015 stand at the world's biggest watch trade show.
Murphy has just showed us the new Breitling B55 concept smartwatch and the accompanying app for the iPhone that goes with it.
Unlike other smartwatches at Baselworld, or announced previously by the likes of Pebble, Apple, LG and others, the Breitling B55 isn't about getting your emails on your watch, who's calling you, how many steps you've taken, or even how much sleep you've had. No, the Breitling B55 is about making your watch easier to use.
It is not a problem most of us have, and certainly not one we expected to hear from the company's UK boss, but it turns out Breitling watches are fairly complex devices to use given the array of information that they can deliver or the settings you can customise.
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It is this problem, married with the company's "Instruments for Professionals" mantra, that has lead Breitling to create an app that will let B55 users treat the app as an in-depth dashboard for contorlling their watch.
The B55 connects to a Breitling mobile app via Bluetooth LE to wirelessly communicate with your phone when you need to do something.
At present that means you can use the watch's app to change time zones automatically, thus adjusting the watch's digital display and analogue hands, set alarms, sync timing data to your phone, or merely control whether moving the watch towards you lights up the display.
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For pilots that extension of instruments means they will be able to do things like time flights via the B55's minimal buttons, with the app backing up that data for logging and analysis. Just like your favourite running app, pilots will be able to quickly see lap data, total time, and even which lap is quickest via their phone.
Murphy doesn't rule out further enhancements or different apps in the future either. To create a dedicated log book app for pilots would be possible, for example, because the watch is capturing all the raw data for the app to do all the work.
You can even use the app to bypass the watch's own very accurate Quartz movement by syncing time from your phone. Handy for timezone hoppers.

First impressions

Take away the dedicated smartphone app and the B55 watch is just as useable as any other Breitling. For all its intelligence, the B55 sports a remarkably traditional "Breitling" design and it is worth noting that the final design has yet to be finalised, and that yes that blue Wi-Fi looking logo will go.
Solid, weighty, and comfortable on the wrist, this is about offering yet another way to access your data rather than be restricted by a small single time screen on the watch face. From talking with Murphy, Breitling aren't about to go for smartwatchgimmicks or a full touchscreen experience any time soon.
Breitling's smartwatch isn't smart in the same way the likes of Apple, LG, Mondaine, or others dominating the headlines at the moment are, but the key factor here is that it is smart for the company's customers likely to be interested in buying it.
It will be those pilots and Breitling fans that use and rely on the capabilities of the watches today already, that we suspect will be joining the queue to get the B55 when it goes on sale later this year.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater at Baselworld 2015

For the 10th anniversary of the Big Bang, Hublot has created a new alarm watch with a dial arrangement that stands out from most of the brand’s designs. Among the Nyon-based company’s Baselworld headliners this year is the Big Bang Alarm Repeater. It has more than a couple features that will make you sit up and pay attention, whether that alarm is ringing or not.
The Big Bang Alarm Repeater is the kind of watch that’s ideal for travelers. Most often on a trip to parts unknown, you have two time-related priorities: knowing what time it is, and knowing when to wake up. Hublot takes care of both here. The main time zone appears in the large, off-center dial. It has hours, minutes and seconds – the latter with a Hublot “H” for the counterweight. A day/night indicator is placed on the minutes scale between 1 and 2 o’clock: the triangle changes color to let you know which 12 hours you’re in. Atop 11 o’clock is a small dial with a single hand that makes a rotation once per day. This is the second time zone. Opposite it, coming in between 3 and 6 o’clock, is the alarm-setting subdial. It’s on a 24-hour track, so you can accurately set the exact time you want the alarm to ring.
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater titanium soldier 560
Hublot watches often have a lot going on, and the display here is no exception. As we’ve often seen before, parts of the movement are visible around the edges of the dial, even though the watch is not skeletonized. (Much more of the movement can be viewed through the sapphire crystal caseback.) But there are also great subtleties of design in the Big Bang Alarm Repeater. Just look at how the off-center time display is offset yet again within its ring to make room for the day/night indicator. Or the fine snailing work under the luminous hour markers on that dial. Best of all is the characteristic Hublot name and logo affixed to the sapphire crystal itself: note how these are just slightly de-centered in order to keep the elements of the dial in harmonious arrangement.
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater gold dial CU 560
Once you’ve set the alarm, you can tell whether it’s on or off by the indicator at the base of the dial. Right next to it is the satin-finished steel hammer, which strikes a gong heeled to the alarm indicator. Both the indicator hand and the hammer have Super-LumiNova on them, so you can actually see the ringing as it happens in the dark (assuming you wake up on time). The alarm rings for approximately 16 seconds.
The case of the Alarm Repeater is characteristically Big Bang, which begs the question: why have chronograph pushers on a watch with no chronograph? Hublot has repurposed a familiar case design for this watch’s functions. The 2 o’clock pusher sets the 24-hour time, moving in one-hour increments. The one at 4 o’clock turns the alarm on or off – an important, easy-access feature for when you want to stop the ringing quickly. The crown sets the primary time zone and the alarm time.
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater titanium pushers 560
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater titanium gong CU 560
The Big Bang Alarm Repeater is 45.5 mm in diameter. It comes in a titanium version and a rose-gold one (that’s King Gold, to those stalwarts who are loyal to Hublot’s alloy). It is powered by a HUB 5003 movement, a manually wound caliber with a 72-hour power reserve. It comes on a ribbed rubber strap with a deployant buckle. The watch is water resistant to 30 meters. It’s a limited edition, so just 250 pieces will be sold in each case material. The titanium version costs $66,700, and the King Gold model costs $85,100.
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater gold angle 560
Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater titanium angle 560

Friday, May 29, 2015

The New Omega De Ville Central Tourbillon Trésor Watch

Omega placed watch collectors into the eye of the storm during this year’s Baselworld with the launch of a new Omega De Ville Central Tourbillon Trésor. The Swiss watch brand, known best for its affordable timepieces rich with history, as evidenced by last night’s Space Exploration Dinner celebrating the brand’s part in the moon landing, this time showcases a masterfully executed high-end timepiece featuring a unqiue central tourbillon.

Omega Central Tourbillon Trésor Watch Baselworld 2015 front

The new Omega De Ville Central Tourbillon Trésor re-introduces a concept first seen back in 1947, and never equaled since. Placed at the heart of the dial, the central tourbillon appears to beat life into the watch, making one full rotation every minute to negate the effect of gravity on the movement. The exclusive OMEGA Co-Axial calibre 2636, which is handcrafted in OMEGA’s Cellule Haut de Gamme in Biel by a small group of watchmakers, once again takes center stage, this time as the star of a deep blue night-sky lacquered dial.

Omega Central Tourbillon Trésor Watch Baselworld 2015 Wrist

Against it, hours and minutes are indicated by 18-carat red gold hour and minute hands fixed directly on the tourbillon cage. On the wrist, this stunning dress watch comes in a tailored red gold case measuring 38.7 mm in diameter, slender by today’s standards. As one would expect, the exclusive movement is very well protected, and unfortunately hidden behind a solid case back. Note however, the unusual flat crown that appears in that position. It lets the wearer set the hours and minutes, and is a rather fun device to use.

Omega Central Tourbillon Trésor Watch Baselworld 2015 back

If Omega has proved, time and again, the historic importance of its watches, the Swiss watchmaker can now just as proudly look at the future of mechanical watch movements, which is staring right back at them from the heart of its latest treasure.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

That serious of Breitling watches however enable such advertisement on their online appearances is highly questionable

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first selfwinding chronograph movement, Breitling is introducing two limited editions of its Chrono-Matic model, featuring a look inspired by the 1969 original and equipped with precious leap-year or perpetual calendars.


1969 was a great year for aviation, since it witnessed the first flight of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet and that of the supersonic Concorde, two legendary aircraft that made an indelible imprint on aeronautical history. But 1969 was also a landmark year in watchmaking, thanks to Breitling’s pioneering launch of the very first selfwinding chronograph movement – an invention that led to the development of a whole range of aptly named Chrono-Matic chronographs. Today’s 49 mm diameter Chrono-Matic is a tribute to this forerunner of ultra-large watches. The circular slide rule confirms its family likeness with the Navitimer line, while the distinctive modernism of its seventies inspiration is expressed through a case design based on taut, angular lines highlighted by a rubber-molded bezel.

Two limited series with calendars

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this movement and this legendary model, Breitling has created two limited series featuring refined horological complications. The first is a steel edition of 2,000 combining a chronograph with a calendar mechanism requiring adjustment only once every leap-year and thus endowed with a “memory” of 1,461 days – hence its name, “Chrono-Matic 1461”. The date, day and month are displayed on subdials by means of straight hands that accentuate the instrument panel look, while the optional woven steel Aero Classic bracelet lends an additional retro touch. The avant-garde case of the second watch, crafted exclusively in red gold and issued in a worldwide limited edition of 125, houses a chronograph along with an ultra-sophisticated perpetual calendar system embodying a daring blend of modern and traditional elements. The mechanism of this “Chrono-Matic QP” is a miniaturized marvel composed of almost 500 parts. It is programmed to indicate the date, the day, the week, the month, the season and the moon phases while taking account of leap-year variations. Like all Breitling models, both of these limited editions are equipped with chronometer-certified movements.


Currently, advertisement for „luxury replicas“ is blended in by Google on the Internet page of the renowned daily paper „Die Welt“. The advertisement shows a .com-domain, on which forged watches of the brands Bell & Ross, Breitling, Cartier, Chanel, Corum, Franck Muller, IWC, Jakob & Co, Montblanc, Omega, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Tag Heuer and Vacheron Constantin are offered. Even payment via PayPal was possible.

Among other things also due to the reporting of TrustedWatch, the Internet appearance of the illegal offers is currently offline. That serious media however enable such advertisement on their online appearances is highly questionable and in our opinion active support of criminal activities to damage end consumers. This should be stopped as fast as possible!

For all those who want to see the link „live“, please read the following notice: Google Ads change permanently. The chance that you will see the link "live" is therefore limited.

Friday, May 22, 2015

Which features the most affordable model offered by a popular watch company


We have recently introduced a new series called "Cost of Entry" which features the most affordable model offered by a popular watch company, and we are kicking the series off with none other than Rolex. Speaking of Rolex, we are also taking a close look at their sister company Tudor, and how their newest watches and recently announced in-house movement are going to affect the market for Swiss tool watches.

It is often said that the best way to engage customers (and the press) is to invite them to tour the manufacture – we have dozens of manufacture visit articles published here, on aBlogtoWatch. The chance to go on a trip aside, it is through these articles that we can get closest to the craftsmen and artisans who manufacture the watch, and such trips are always enlightening and eye-opening. In this round-up, we show you what goes on behind the scenes at one of the oldest and most respected names in the business - Minerva.
And to end the month of May, we are also looking at new watches from Piaget, Jean Dunand, and a comparative review of two hi-beat watches from Zenith and Grand Seiko.

1. Cost Of Entry: Rolex Watches


Cost of Entry is a new series that looks at what it costs to purchase the least expensive model offered by a popular watch company. We are kicking off with Rolex, one of the absolute most sought after watch brands in the world. Starting off with Rolex is fitting because this year Rolex introduced its new Oyster Perpetual collection, which comprises different sizes and dial variations of what is Rolex’s most basic watch. It is offered as a time-only three hander and is available in a variety of sizes to suit both men and women. If you are looking to get a solid watch from Rolex with the least amount of money, you'd want to read this to see how it compares to other offerings by Rolex and its competitors.

2. Tudor Style Watch Review

Tudor’s recent sports watches such as the Heritage Black Bay and Heritage Chrono Blue have been sell-out hits. However, Tudor also quietly launched a new line of dress style watches aptly called the the Tudor Style earlier this year. It sports a really dressy and elegant look and has hints of vintage-inspired design cues. What’s more, it comes in various sizes – 28mm up to 41mm – with prices beginning at just over $2000, which makes it one of the most bang-for-buck serious dress watches you can buy when you are looking to get something with a top-brand's name on the dial.

3. Piaget Altiplano Chronograph Watch Hands-On

Mention ultra-thin watches, and it is hard to not think of Piaget. They have been breaking records for thinnest watches for a long time, and for 2015, they came up with the Altiplano Chronograph – now the world’s thinnest hand-wound flyback chronograph. The caliber 883P that powers it is just 4.65mm thick, and the entire watch itself is only 8.24mm thick. Yet the watch features a flyback chronograph mechanism, a 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock, running seconds at 6 o’clock, and - get this - a GMT dial at 9 o’clock. Piaget truly are masters at being thin.

4. Seiko Marinemaster Professional 1,000M Diver’s Hi-Beat Limited Edition SBEX001 Watch Hands-On

To celebrate Seiko’s 50th anniversary of its very first dive watch, the Japanese manufacture has a new limited edition dive watch - the SBEX001. Did you know that Seiko was the first to use titanium in a dive watch? And that they were also the first to fit a quartz movement in a saturation dive watch? So to demonstrate its prowess in crafting dive watches, the new SBEX001 is water resistant to 1000m and features a hi-beat movement that is derived from Seiko’s high-end Grand Seiko watches.

5. Jean Dunand Shabaka Watch For 2015 Hands-On

The Shabaka from Jean Dunand is not exactly new. It debuted in 2007, but that watch had an angular case with an integrated lug design. New for this year, the Shabaka has been updated and now features a more familiar round case. Nevertheless, it is still a highly unusual and unique watch that features perpetual calendar and minute repeater complications, and shows the day, date and year by way of a unique roller system.

6. New Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 & Elvis Presley’s Original Watch Hands-On

If you are like me and like watches with distinct and perhaps even unusual designs, then Hamilton’s Ventura watches should register on your radar. The Ventura has a highly angular, trapezoidal case that is unlike any other, and it was thrusted into the spotlight when Elvis Presley wore one in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii. To celebrate what would have been the King's 80th birthday, Hamilton has just released the new Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 watch.

Minerva is a hallowed name especially when it comes to chronographs and enjoyed much success in the early parts of previous century. Minerva’s chronographs were renowned, and it was even the official timekeeper for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Today, Minerva has been acquired by Richemont and is responsible mainly for producing complicated movements for Montblanc’s haute horologerie pieces, and also for other Richemont Group companies - most notably, Panerai. Find out what goes on behind the scenes at Minvera’s manufacture.

2. Tudor Seeks To Re-Invent The Swiss Tool Watch With In-House Made Mechanical Movements
Tudor North Flag

Make no mistake, Tudor has been on a roll for the past few years. The Heritage Black Bay, the Heritage Chrono Blue and the Fast Rider Black Shield Chrono have all been hits. Sure, it’s easy to downplay Tudor’s achievements and say that their success is largely due to Rolex’s backing - Tudor is after all the sister brand of Rolex - but that doesn’t take anything away from the momentum they have built up in the past couple of years. This year, Tudor is taking things one step further by introducing their own in-house movement. What does this mean for the Swiss watch industry?

3. Comparative Review - The Zenith Espada vs. Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000
Grand Seiko Hi-Beat vs. Zenith Espada


The higher the frequency of the movement, the more accurate the movement generally is. Briefly, it allows for the measurement of smaller units of time, and it recovers from shock more quickly. The fastest mass-produced movements today beat at 36,000 beats per hour, and the two most famous brands that produce them are Zenith and Seiko. Here’s a head to head comparison of two hi-beat three-handers from the two brands.

4. My Ten-Year Anniversary
IWC Big Pilot


There are all sorts of watch collectors. Some collect based on brands, others perhaps by models, and some might buy only new watches, while others might swear by vintage pieces. Here is a post celebrating one collector’s 10 anniversary on the IWC Forum and details his collection of Big Pilot watches. Lots of amazing photographs in here. If you are a fan of the IWC Big Pilot, you won’t want to miss this.

5. AP Watchmaking Class
Audemars Piguet Caliber 3090


What better way to appreciate the craft of watchmaking than to invite collectors and customers to a watchmaking class? This was exactly what Audemars Piguet did recently when they invited guests of the brand to a class in San Francisco. And as you can imagine, even assembling AP’s simplest hand-wound movement, the Caliber 3090, proved to be a challenging task. But assembly aside, this exercise also gave guests the chance to see and learn more about the different finishing techniques that are applied to an Audemars Piguet movement.

Read this article: Choosing Replica TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph Watch For Yourselves

We get lots of watch reviews from By-Tor who does lots of independent writing for Replica Collector and other forums. Here are By-Tor’s investigations about the TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph piece, which deserves some much-needed eyebrow-raising.

With replica watches it’s hard not to turn common knowledge on its head and go for quantity over quality – they’re so cheap, and you know they’re not really going to be exceptionally-made anyways. I find its tempting to make impulse buys and fan out in all directions with styles and types of watches, even if half the watches you buy don’t get much ‘wrist-time’ and get left out of the loop. This TAG Heuer changed all that for me – especially the part about quality and quantity. It immediately looked like a high-end Tag Heuer replica and I immediately started bugging my dealer Precious Time to get one for me. When it finally came to me, it was just as beautiful as I expected, and didn’t have a scratch on it. The delivery was great too – thanks PT! No hassles with international shipping, no UK mumbo-jumbo, no haggling, just a pristine TAG to prod and poke and write about for you folk.

The TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph is a truly excellent replica watch, and I don’t say that often. It’s up there with the Bentley I almost bought but didn’t since I had a Breitling already- so I went TAG instead. I’ve never actually owned a TAG Heuer – or rather a TAG Heuer replica. In fact, I’ve never had a watch with a blue face at all come to think of it. It’s a dashing look I have to say, bright, bold, beaming.

Dials can be difficult to make for this brand due to the Seamaster-esque wave-like stripes that adorn the surface at the center. The sort of electric-y look is hard to show here, unless you use reflections:


You can see too that the crown is a regular screw-top and it works just fine – though the pushers could use some lubrication because they’re pretty tight for manipulating.

There are of course lots of amazing replica watches out there that this watch stacks up to – the PO fourth version and the 45mm version, the Bentley I mentioned not buying, the IWC Jones & GST, the Navitimers that just came out, just to name-drop a few. They’re all perfect in their own way, shape, and form. In fact, there are so many great fakes these days, you almost feel like replica buyers are getting a little too snug and comfy in this replica world and forgetting their place – you’ll see people so much more obsessive-compulsive than before about every little detail of a watch – me included! But I like to think that with my review I’m acting as a sort of watch-dog (no pun intended) for the replica houses so they know that someone is taking notes and keeping score regarding the challenges and successes.

But the replica companies too are getting pretty anal about the business, especially when companies like TAG are starting to use some serious celebrities to pump their brand – from Tiger Woods to Kimi Raikkonen, and more:


However, hardcore WIS gang knows how to keep TAG in check. TAG is certainly way overpriced and only the likes of Thurman and Pit and their underlings can possibly afford the real thing these days, which sometimes are even designed with quartz movements now. Also, WIS believe that Heuer sold out when it was forcibly taken over by TAG in the high eighties, which was a catalyst to the quartz switchover. (If you wanna know more about the relationship between TAG and Heuer, you can read some information HERE but I’ll leave that thread behind.) Personally I had a real Aquaracer quartz one time, a tow-toned watch, and I actually don’t have any complaints if I remember correctly. The TAG Aquaracer 200 Chronograph it was – one of the hottest little numbers out there, and I was sorry to see it go and I can’t wait for a good replica to come out. Yeah, TAG can sure be uppity with their promotions, but they make a good watch with it ‘taking a year to build’ as some others claim!

TAG’s better chronos, like the Link and the Aquaracer 2000 Aquagraph and the Monaco and the Carrera, fit under the label of ‘mid-luxury’ watches like Breitling and Omega and the seldom-mentioned Ebel. They all like to use outhouse movements (no joke) and tend to steer towards the Valjoux 7750 particularly. The Link Chronograph Calibre 36 utilizes the powerful 36,000 vibrations/hr El Primero, which bumps it under another label with heavyweights like Daytona and Broad Arrow and Zenith. Though the outhouse wouldn’t support this claim horologically, it’s still kind of true in other ways. All this is to prove the point that TAG definitely knows how to put together some competitive sports chronos too.

Not unlike the Fighter of Breitling fame, the TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph’s sub-dial spacing is flawless, which is no small feat, even where the best replica watches are concerned – sorry PT. The image below is self-made so give it some slack; it’s just to show my point. Forget the lighting and the other aesthetics – you can plain as day see that the only real difference is the date window, which is a big bigger. Unless even that is not different and its just the factory picture that’s fooling me.


Subdial-spacing heaven is possible because of the way the 7750 is made – it has a 12/9/6 sub-register format that allows the necessary room. The newer high-beat 28.800bph Asian replica of this movement is stirring a lot, a LOT, of talk right now and if proves its meddle than a corresponding lot of change could be possible for replica watches’ quality. It could then actually be doable to switch from a fake movement to a real Valjoux ETA, thereby seriously upgrading your TAG Heuer replica or any other compatible model. Reviews have been slowly surfacing that rate the fake movement very highly in comparison to the old attempts. One review is about the notorious seconds at 6 o’clock model and its portrayed in a hesitantly pretty good light. The Replica of TAG Heuer Link Chronograph features its standard 12/9/6 which will probably make it more dependable, but we will have to see keep our eyes on it.


The TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph has been replicated eight different ways appealingly enough. It comes with brushed bezel in black, white, and blue, and then in polished bezel in blue, white, and – truly classy – grey. The brushed variations have ‘TACHYMETER’ printed on the inner ring of the bezel, while the likes of mine have it right on the surface. TAG actually only has 4 different versions of this watch. TAG’s brushed pieces are in black and white, and its polished pieces are grey and blue, like mine. I figured that the replica houses had ever so stupidly jumped the gun and made 4 non-existent watches – and even went so far as to text Precious Time to beware of the superfluous quartet. But then I thought about it for a second, and realized that maybe it’s interesting that the replica makers believe enough in this watch to come out with four extra ones… Or maybe they know somethings I don’t and there are some limited editions floating around out there among the aristocracy.

Below is my collage of all eight replicas so they can compared together in full light. Now, they might no make your jaw hit the floor, but don’t forget, it wasn’t many years ago that there were virtually NO respectable TAG Heuer replica pieces out there whatsoever. Now, eight! Images are from Joshy (www.perfect-clones.net) – I’m sure I lifted this pic, and that I call him Joshy(!). Just fyi, I’m neither endorsing nor berating any dealer or any product in my review; this is just a way for people to see what’s what the latest products and judge their own selves. Anyway everyone’s got access to the same stocks and pics, so it doesn’t matter.


NOTE: a very very similar watch – the Special Edition Ayrton Senna – is also in existence, in two different colors. It’s just that the dial of this watch has a Ayrton Senna signature on it as well as a greenish nine o’clock second hand. There isn’t a lot out there about this mysterious step-brother – trust me I looked hard and long, but a personal connection tells me it’s a great watch, from personal experience with it.

Can’t go without mentioning how much I adore the brushed model a ton. It’s a dandy of a replica and has a great heft to it really. It’s very identical, and kind of conjures up backwoods or mountain-men, which I’m drawn to. Of course the date wheel is totally off on this watch, but that’s not uncommon for replica watches.


The Link Chronograph and the Link GMT Chronograph have also been replicated with the high-end Swiss ETA movements, which couldn’t be better. These TAGS are simply unmatched in terms of build, quality, and longevity, giving even the PAM and Omega copies a run for their money. If TAG sticks with this formula, they’re bound to build a huge replica watches fan base.

TAG’s trademark link bracelet is certainly not lacking on the Link, and in itself is a huge draw with watch and non-watch groupies both. It’s design is spectacular and stands apart from all your other run-of-the-mill sporty bracelets. With the brushed casing and the polished bezel this bracelet looks just perfect and will make any wrist stand right up and say hello.

Ok – the thing is though with the bracelet, it has a totally unusual resizing method – it can be done single-handedly, don’t get me wrong, but you need some clear directions – if you can, see the PDF attached to this post for the resizing procedure and warning. A self-styled engineer provided this document and it will surely help anyone who’s stuck on the wrong size with this beauty.
UPDATE: File too big to attach. Just look for TAG resizing info from the RWG.cc version of this post.

The oversize fliplock is a nice touch for the clasp shape, no?:

 

IN CONCLUSION

New watches are amazing and endlessly engaging microcosms. I hope I’ve given an objective perspective here on the TAG Heuer Link Automatic Chronograph watch – I know I can get carried away and veer towards the positive, since I own the thing. But honestly, there aren’t really any flaws to speak of with this one, with the possible exception of the date window, which could just be a trick of the camera. This Tag Heuer replica may simple be one of these diamond in the tough replica watches that is nearly perfect in every way. I wonder what it says though about TAG that the replica houses got this one so right, when after over a hundred attempts at the Rolex Submariner, there are still gaping holes in the watch. Either TAG isn’t as complex as I think, or there’s something sinister going on in the replica watch world…!