CH1112.BA0675
Even though I own the silver dial version of this 6000 Series quartz chronograph, I couldn't resist posting about this one when I came across it for sale on eBay. Green watches are enjoying something of a 'moment in the sun' at present, but I think these older green dial variants have always commanded a premium simply because they are a lot scarcer than their blue, black and silver counterparts.
It's surely a fine looking watch, the green dial gives it a whole different aesthetic to the other variations and really works well with the silver sub-dial rings. You may remember I posted about a three-hander version of this watch a while back which had a two-tone case and bracelet. I liked that one, but I think I like this even better... and that red tip on the minute chronograph hand is a nice (if rather subtle) touch.
In case you're not familiar with these old 1/10th of a second chronographs, the running seconds is at the '6' position, the chronograph hours is at the '10' position and the 1/10 of a second counter is at the '2' position. Unlike the new version, on these older models the 1/10 second counter doesn't spin around until you stop the chronograph, which is perhaps not quite as visually exciting, but does the job just as well. The seconds and minutes are counted by the two large 'second' hands, with the seconds on top and the minutes behind (with the aforementioned red arrow tip).
As you can see, the bracelet on this one has the issue I talked about in my post on buying 6000 Series watches. Unfortunately these bracelets wear and if not treated with great care they eventually 'fold' when they should remain 'semi-solid' like a little like a Kirium, but not quite as firm as that. It's not a massive issue, because generally when they are on the wrist the tautness of the bracelet pulls the links into line, at worst you might have a link which protrudes a couple of millimeters beyond where it should, but if you push them into place they generally stay put.
Nice to see a shot with the caseback open, this one clearly has its original TAG Heuer movement; notice the 'TAG Heuer' text at the bottom of the picture, just above the red coil.
Unfortunately, this picture shows a horrendous gap between the bracelet and the end link and despite the sellers reassurances that this isn't a big deal, I'm afraid this probably needs a replacement bracelet. That is a lot of money, £465 in fact!
Yeah, I would say this really needs a new bracelet looking at that... which is a shame because the overall condition of the strap and clasp is pretty good.
The chronograph version is a little chunkier than the three-hander, it's slightly larger in diameter as well, but it's still not a 'big' watch on the wrist by modern standards. This one is up on eBay for $1100 (£843) which is about what I would expect, but given the cost of a new bracelet I certainly wouldn't be paying that for it. Still, if this is your dream watch you're not exactly spoiled for choice and the watch looks pretty good overall.
My post about buying 6000 Series watches:
The eBay listing for this CH1112.BA0675:
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