We’re in the throes of LVMH Watch Week 2022, and while the new products are still hot off the presses, now seems like a good time to look back – exactly one week ago, TAG Heuer stole its own launch cycle with a new offering from the Autavia collection. Our brand editor Logan Baker covered the news as the watches were launched. I highly recommend you read his article as it is full of historical anecdotes related to TAG Heuer, TAG Heuer and the Autavia collection.

Needless to say, historically, the Autavia was a base collection for the TAG Heuer name, but it seems to have fallen out of favor over the years. At its inception, it was a collection composed entirely of chronographs – a complication for which the heavily racing brand is famous. For the past decade or so, Autavia brand tag heuer replica watches have effectively only been released in the form of a return to a design with only the TAG Heuer logo.
In 2019, TAG Heuer completely changed the identity of the Autavia line with the launch of what was initially called the Autavia Isograph. That piece was a hybrid design – combining a pilot’s style dial, a bi-directional bezel, and a time and date display. Most notably, it’s not a chronograph.

The overall look is essentially a continuation of the same concept from the 2022 redesign. The large applied markers remain, as do the rotating bezel and date complication. What is new is the dial layout, which now has three subdials that correspond to the chronograph movement. There are also two large pushers on either side of the crown to operate the aforementioned chronograph.
The silver variant is the closest thing to a panda dial, rather than a true panda dial …… That is, unless there is such a thing as a silvered panda, in which case it is a panda dial. Logan points out some similarities between this variant and the classic Seifert dial TAG Heuer Autavias of the past.

Both of these new chronographs have an ultra-industrial feel to them, especially the steel and silver options. The crown is heavily knurled, which in turn makes it easier to grip, and the pushers are quite high for easy access to them. This is important because this is a flyback best swiss replica watches, which means it can …… fly back to zero with the click of a button and then continue running. This function is a first in the history of the Autavia collection. Even if you don’t have the actual application to test this feature, it’s one hell of a party trick. As someone who loves mechanical watches, I hate to say this, but it’s true.