It never ceases to amaze me how even though I think I must have uncovered 99.9% of all the watches that TAG Heuer have made over the last 40 years, I still manage to find references that I've never come across before. This Aquaracer was actually the by-product of hunting for information on a different watch (another limited edition that I hadn't seen before, a 2015 'Swiss' Aquaracer) that I was trying to find a part number for. Google images threw this one at me, presumably because it is also a silver dial limited edition Aquaracer... and, well, I kinda like it!
The watch is currently on eBay, being sold from Australia for approximately £1985. If that seems a lot (it did to me too) even for a properly numbered 250 piece limited edition, one thing to point out from the off is that this watch isn't a quartz as I assumed it would be, but a Calibre 5. Even so, I doubt the seller will achieve that figure very easily. In fact the watch was previously up for £900 more, which was really reaching!
This is the thing with 'limited editions'... especially location specific ones like this, simply being limited does not make it intrinsically more valuable than a similar plain model. In fact the mountains and the logo in particular may put off more buyers than it attracts, unless someone has actually been on the 'Glacier Express' themselves.
So what is the 'Glacier Express'? Well, you probably won't be too surprised to learn that it's a very expensive train that runs through the Swiss alps, providing a very slow (some might even say 'glacial', hohoho) 8 hour journey with breathtaking scenery on either side of you. Along the way you will enjoy a superb dining experience and no doubt champagne... which sounds lovely. Maybe?
I dunno, it actually sounds like it might get a bit boring... and while I do like the mountain detailing on the dial, the logo does look a bit like it should be plastered down the side of a Ford Transit doesn't it? I must admit it looks better on the trains (which are red, incidentally), but isolated in black against this silver dial it looks... umm, not great.
If anything this watch makes me want to hunt down a plain silver dial Calibre 5 WAP Aquaracer, I'm sure I could find one much cheaper and I'm quite light on silver dial watches these days... in fact I've only got one left! Jim will be throwing me out of the church if I'm not careful.
But as far as this one goes, well it's an interesting curiosity but not really much more than that.