FEATURE: Which is the Best TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph?

We've now had a grand total of twenty Formula 1 Solargraphs, so I thought since we are still celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Formula 1 (unlike TAG Heuer themselves who really haven't done a bloody thing - just as expected) I would pose the obvious question to the people of the splendid THF Forum*; 'Which is the best one?'

*For the sake of transparency, I also asked a few other people who aren't active on the forum but who are already members of the Council of Considered Opinion.

To be honest I thought the votes would be fairly easy to predict, and as expected the pastel / diamond (ladies?) models didn't score that well, but I didn't really expect one watch to absolutely annihilate all the others (at least not to the extent it did).

In the end I received a total of 25 votes (with one person choosing a winner and everyone else picking their top five as requested), and every watch received at least one vote. However the disparity between the scores was quite marked and what really surprised me more than anything was that the black/yellow Solargraph didn't even get into the top ten. I thought that was an obvious front runner, but apparently not! 

I actually gave that one my third place vote, and my number one pick was the Miami GP L/E which finished 6th overall. I think I picked that one because it's the one that closest resembles my favourite of the original mod; the very first one I ever bought back in 2018 and the last one I sold (for 3.5x what I paid for it at the height of the Kith mania).

By contrast, the rather bland 'WBY1111' came in at number three. In fact all three of the original 'standard production' models made it into the top ten, so perhaps TAG Heuer do know what they are doing after all! 🤣

It was also a little unexpected that the orange/grey model on a bracelet finished last overall with just three points. I think the takeaway from that is that the people who voted for the orange/grey felt it suited the orange strap better, and I have to say I agree with them. 

For the record, the pale blue model came 11th with 15pts, then black/yellow with 12pts and the green/white Silverstone GP modal came 13th with 11pts. Everything else was in single figures. 

So there we have it, a comprehensive victory for the Red Bull Special Edition (which admittedly may have benefitted from being the most recently released of the twenty) but also a very strong showing for the Indy 500 Limited Edition with an equal five 1st places, if only about 2/3rds of the RB's points.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the voting, much appreciated.