FIRST IMPRESSIONS: New Range of 41mm TAG Heuer Aquaracers

WBD2110         WBD2113         WBD2112         WBD2111

Japanese website Oomiya has presented photos of a new range of 41mm Aquaracers expected to arrive sometime this year. Perhaps most notable among the four is the 41mm version of the 'Explorer II' style white dial Aquaracer.

WBD2111.BA0928 (41MM)           WAY2013.BA0927 (43MM)

With the trend for smaller watches apparently growing (although how much smaller is debatable) we can expect these to sell well, and admittedly the 43mm Aquaracers do wear quite big even for those of us with quite big wrists, so there must be a lot of people who like the Aquaracers who are put off by the bigger sizes.

On the white dial I've noticed a couple of changes from the 43mm to the 41mm, the first is potentially that the bezel numerals are not blacked in, but this could be the camera angle. The other change is clearly that the 'rubber' looking hour markers have been swapped for polished steel ones, which I personally think is a mistake. One of the things I really liked about the 43mm white dial was the black/white contrast and that gave the watch a unique 'tool watch' look and a perfect backdrop for the bright orange second hand. Of course it may be that the general consensus was that the rubber markers were not liked, but I thought they were kinda neat...

As far I can see, nothing has changed dramatically on the other models, save for the bottom line of text on the dial has changed from yellow to white.

http://www.jw-oomiya.co.jp/sihh-basel.blog/archives/13973