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Keep trying to capture the finish of the Bronze 382, did this on my morning walk with Buddy (Family Lab) AJ

If your conus send it to me I'll replace your gasket and reset your bezel assembly free of charge

Home never felt so good.

The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Chronograph Quartz Grande Date Date CAF101F.BA0821 Designed and developed by professional divers, this Aquaracer represents TAG Heuer's historical dedication to scuba diving and extreme sports. Rep-Picture: Gen - pics The Original: Stainless steel case and bracelet. Unidirectional stainless steel bezel. White dial with luminous hands and index hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. Luminescent hands and markers. Date displays at the 12 o'clock position. Three subdials - 60 seconds, 30 minutes and 1/10th of a second with sweeping hand. Swiss Ronda Quartz movement/ ETA 251.262. Scratch resistant, AR sapphire crystal. Screw down crown. Case diameter: 43 mm. Case thickness: 13 mm. Deployment clasp. Water resistant to 300 meters/ 1000 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph. The Replica TAG Heuer Aquaracer Grande Date: The fit, finish, function and quality of this Tag Aquaracer Chrono are exceptionally good and it is one of the most accurate 1:1 replications I have seen by comparison to web-pictures of the gen. It features a claimed Swiss Ronda Quartz movement as the gen and the same sweeping 1/10 second hand. It´s one of the rare cases the only two reasons to buy the real thing would be the water resistance to 300 meters and the Box set. Until a side-by-side comparison with a Gen is available here are my impressions. The reviewed sample was provided by Sead/Supermirrors, 30 days from order to arrival before X-mas, well packaged with protective covers on the dial and backside at a cost of 239 USD plus shipping. For the quality-feel, the lume and the gen-likeliness of what You get this price is perfectly justified as the top-movement alone already costs 130 USD (at Esslinger.com) Available in black or white. Tag Logo: It shows the 2 arrows on the G Accuracy: +/- 2 seconds per month, not measurable 0,064 secs per day Quality/feel: Impressive, apart from the AP V5 Diver it’s the best overall quality I found in a rep. meaning Chronopushers, stem, time-setting, screw-down crown working smooth and precise as a gen. Not only looks but also feels like a gen which is great; Bezel: Outer, unidirectional rotating 60 minute S/S brushed bezel with 2 clicks per minute to count elapsed or remaining time up to 1 hour. Sits tight and well, rotates easily, precisely and fast with somewhat loud clicks (easy to count by audition). The engraving is good and filled with black. The luminous pearl at 12´ together with the marker at 12´ provide a nice nighttime effect for locating the 12´ position; The inner bezel with the detailed minute count is highly polished S/S and fixed. Lume: Best overall and visible lume, the same on the hands and stickers of a quartz-replica; specially being a Chrono; the same as on gen – pictures. This is a serious reason to prefer this model when choosing a quartz movement. on Nato-Strap Lumeshot compared to AP 15400 BP Maker Lumeshot compared to Rolex Seadweller Chrono: The main second hand is locked at the 12´ position unless You use the chrono. This is a perfect feature because You don´t have a big ticking hand to look at, this was one of the reasons to buy it quartz in the first place. The running seconds tick visibly at 3´ position if You look directly at the subdial. If the eyes are looking either to the big date at 12´or the 6´ encircled subdial You can´t tell. The minute counter scaled to 30 is at the 9´position. Best chrono feature: Sweeping (!) 1/10 seconds are displayed at the 6´position. This hand sweeps flawlessly (no ticking) and very fast measuring 1/10 seconds for the first minute. (Check out a video on youtube) After the first minute it stops sweeping and starts measuring the hours elapsed. Date: Big date display in 2 windows – one for each datewheel - at 12´, nice feature, perfect visibility Caseback: Same as gen (!) Nice, crisp and deep engravings with very high quality of the divers helmet, perfect lettering and engraving. It is quite beautiful also in my opinion. Bracelet: Double locking fold over clasp and easy to use (just push open) divers extension. It has 3 working positions for micro-adjustment on the clasp which is a big plus. Off the wrist it rattles. On the wrist its silent, feels very comfortable and holds the watch well. Actually it feels solid and perfect because of the micro-adjustement possibility and fits the watch case well. Its easy to remove and fix the bracelet on the case. It took time and was quite difficult to remove the link pins – it´s the Heuer system with a tight-sitting pin fixed by a small tube in the middle which Omega also used and nasty to play with. If You bang on the pin-removal tool with pliers or a small hammer they come out after a while and in the end it was easy and without any scratching of the links, but before this broke my (cheap) screw pin removal apparatus (as it happens often with Tag gens by the way as seen on Youtube) and had it on a Nato-strap for some days so its better to have one of those around when You get the watch. Divers extension inner clasp detail outer clasp Weight: 175 grams including bracelet (some links removed) Case: measured 10´ to 4: 43 mm Dial: measured 10´to 4´: 31 mm Thickness: 12,06 mm exactly Size measurements for the Gen differ from site to site with 43 and 44 mm as well as 12,3, 13 and 14 for the thickness Size comparison to the PAM 212 Flyback Chrono and the Rolex Sub- Ceramic Final thoughts: It is a high-quality Watch bordering the super-rep status for its likeliness to the original. The big date is very well readable, the luminiscence is good and the 1/10th second sweeping hand is a joy to look at. It wears solid and comfortable and has a good weight. The overall quality is superior to many lower priced generally known genuine brands. The quartz movement itself is very shock-resistant by its nature so this should last for a very long time. As this is a replica forum in my opinion this is one of the most believable replicas available because of the pricetag of the gen too. The possibility of this TAG even being a rep never even crossed my mind. I “believe” it’s a gen, that´s how good it is. If You are looking for a reliable quartz watch in black or white this surely is one of the best options. Thanks to all reading this first attempt at a review until the end. If You liked this or found this review useful please post a comment or leave a thumbs up.

When OP first came out with the 389, I didn't feel much love for it and didn't seek it out to try on. But at lunch today I got to try on the ZF version and was impressed. And bought it. Fit and finish is among the best I've seen on any rep. Well done little details are everywhere. They got the directional arrow on the anti-magnetic cover (turn and line it up with the crown and you can easily remove it). The QR buttons are nicely done too. They have a solid feel in use. Lume is good too, both application and charge. The movement finish has to be seen in-person to really appreciate how good it is. The date lines up dead center in the small window. What really sold it for me was how much more comfortable and balanced it is compared to how the 243 fit my wrist. The 389 does not feel as top heavy, nor does it want to slide as easily on my wrist like the 243 always did. Some pics from this afternoon... For size reference, my wrist measures 7.5"...

That's a beautiful watch. I saw one in person once. It will sell for over a million.

To be honest I would not put this on my wrist even if it was free...

Blimey, its like an old school re union! Crack open the Beers

We are glad you're back!

BP sub on my favorite sand color nato

Bond on a rainy day

Feel, quality, finish are all excellent, movement looks great the bezel has a nice feel with a tiny amount of lateral play, is it worth $500? I'm very happy with my purchase and will not consider modding at all if that helps. I think they should have fitted with a Bronze buckle in truth however that's a minor point. Aren't most good quality reps, AP, PAM and so on all past the $400 mark now anyways? AJ

I've ordered a green from toro but maybe crossed wires along the way or something and these QC shots came. Now I have a BK v2 sub c on the way so I should swap but I think this looks good. I'm considering going for it as well and maybe trading when it gets here. It looks stunning. What do you guys think?

Hehe. OP. Did you go for a refund in the end?

--- Mailman dropped off some Yobokies SS inserts... So here is the Seamaster 300 stainlessssssss

If it was a cheapie then it's fine to use as a daily beater. However as hazey has already said, it's not a great rep. Still now you've found this site things can only get better.

love it Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

I have a two MBK 1680 watches and one 5513 case. Here are a few observations: The 'engraving' is laser etched and very light, SD probably the same. The fit and finish is very good. MBK 1680 and 5513 cases are identical. To use a 26.5mm 1680 dial, the dial seat needs to be enlarged. My two 1680 came with dials roughly trimmed to fit the 26.2mm+/- dial seat. Both came with swisseta 2836, both running Ok. One 1680 had solid bracelet mid links, the other had hollow mid links. Cartel versions are somewhat inferior (imho) but cost much less. Original MBK watches will part out for close to what they cost, unlike most cartel watches. All the case necks (where the crystals mount) on my DW cases are 28.0mm plus or minus a hair and the case necks on my MBK cases are 28.2mm plus or minus half a hair. Never had an MBK SD. Why not? I can't pass myself off as a 5513 or 1680 owner, much less a SD owner. Swatch Scuba Loomi Happy Sea owner...maybe.

Found this at Tourneau Las Vegas: You could have it for a measly $36k The centenarian sales associate went speechless though when I showed him this:

I would say that is a dirty main spring issue, can be easily fixed by replacing it with a Swiss new 6497/2 main spring and barrel

Hi and welcome to the forum. As this will be Your first purchase stay with Andrew, he´s got a very fast e-mail response, sending of qc pictures and shipping. With time You will want to try out other TD´s too. The Asian eta 2836 is fine and gives a very fine, smooth sweeping of the second hand same as the swiss, myself would prefer to order a 2nd watch even with Asian 2813 or Quartz and save on the shipping instead of going for the swiss. The former Rolex 16600 series have smaller dots and green lume and are a very nice pick too (168 to 188 USD range). Than there are brands like TAG and Breitling, Omega..... What goes good for the black is that it´s not immediately recognizable as a Rolex, less ostentatious, personally I prefer the DSSD in SS or PVD over the pro-hunter but its big and heavy. Good luck with Your choices and purchase.

Thanks for the info mcotter the one I was looking at is this http://www.ttw888.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=10447 which has a PVD coating but not sure, still dont know whether to go for a Swiss movement or Asian Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk