After launching the new Aquaracer Professional 300 collection last April during the Watches & Wonders 2021 digital event, the brand today presents TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver, an all black version with a luminous dial of its famous diver’s watch.
History Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver
Those who have always followed the brand will certainly remember the name “Night Diver”.
Introduced in the first half of the 1980s, and immediately loved by those who demanded not only performance but also style from their leisure watches, at the time that completely black model enjoyed considerable success.
Born from a collaboration between fake TAG Heuer‘s Design, Engineering and Heritage teams, Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver is a faithful version of the first example of which it retains the characteristic details, such as the now famous dodecagonal bezel and the horizontal lines present on the clock face. All of course with today’s technology.
Aesthetics
The latest addition to the TAG Heuer diving collection, the Night Diver stands out with a DLC coating. The 43mm case, stainless steel bezel, crown, caseback and buckle are all coated in matte black diamond-like carbon, known as DLC, which stands for “Diamond Like Carbon” – a finish designed for use in conditions. extreme. The bezel insert, on the other hand, is in high-strength black ceramic.
Another specific feature of the Night Diver is the fully luminescent dial, coated with green Super-LumiNova to offer an extraordinary brightness in the dark.
The minute and second hands in the center of the watch are filled with a blue luminescence substance in contrast with the green of the dial. The hour hand and the trapezoidal indexes at 12, 3, 6 and 9 are filled with green luminescence, while all the other buckshot indexes are edged with black lacquer fake watches.
The triangle on the unidirectional rotating bezel at 12 o’clock, essential for accurately marking dive times, also reflects it filled with a blue luminescence coordinated with that of the minute and second hands.
Like all new models, Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver is equipped with a rubber strap, in this case obviously black.
Interesting is the presence of a new adjustable buckle that allows the wearer to independently adjust the size, from a width that can be worn on the suit, in small steps able to accurately follow the expansion or contraction of the wrist.
The closure is also equipped with double safety buttons that prevent accidental release.
Water resistance is guaranteed up to 300 meters.
Movement
Driving the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver is the ubiquitous Caliber 5.
It is an automatic movement which, depending on availability, is on a Sellita SW200 or ETA 2824 base. Its main characteristics derive from these calibers: a 4 Hz oscillator (28,800 a / h) and a power reserve of 38 hours.
The movement, which is not visible, is located behind a screwed caseback in black DLC-treated steel with the figure of a diver’s helmet engraved on it.
Price and Availability
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver costs 3,150 Euros, and will be available for sale as early as this month of September.
First Opinions
Watches with a Super-luminova dial otherwise called “Full Lume” are increasingly popular. Last year we reviewed one of an interesting Malaysian microbrand.
Beyond the historical appeal of the first “Night Diver” it is rumored that the first model was on the wrist of 007 (Timothy Dalton) in the 1987 film The Living Daylights.
Like all TAG Heuer dive watches, which we have repeatedly referred to as an alternative to the Submariner, I believe the Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver is a diver that offers a lot for its price.
Those who are crazy for completely black sports watches should certainly consider it, as long as they are not affected by the fact that the dial lights up at night, inevitably attracting the attention of all those around you.