Some of you will no doubt have read my post yesterday (ON THE WRIST: Aquaracer Tribute to 844) in its original form. Contained in that post there was some information which it now turns out was erroneous and as such has been removed. This originated in a conversation I had with Darnell at Harrods TAG Heuer about how the backplate is removed on the 2021 Aquaracer.
Darnell (rightly) told me that the movement is accessed from the front, which I (wrongly) took to mean that the whole movement was 'front loaded' and inspection of the case seemed to support that since it was quite hard to see the join between the backplate and the case. I now realize this was because of the flanges which surround the backplate...
The truth is that to remove the backplate, first you must remove the bezel and undo some screws which go through the case and secure the backplate in the upright position; this seems a lot of hassle to go to just to make sure the helmet is exactly the right way up, but there we are, at least the mystery is solved!
Presumably once the screws are released the back plate is not screwed down tightly and it can be removed using a rubber friction tool. Makes me wonder though, how many backplates are going to get damaged down the line by people who do not know about this new quirk!
Many thanks to David at Calibre 11 for finding out the answer, much appreciated!
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