Comparing the TAG Heuer Silverstone and the Heuer Silverstone

Baselworld was the first chance that I had to put together the new TAG Heuer Silverstone re-edition and a vintage Heuer Silverstone to compare the similarities.

Obviously, the two are very similar, with the only differences being:

New Silverstone (above right) slightly larger diameter than vintage (left), as well as having a thicker case
The vintage blue Silverstone has a metallic inner bezel, where the new model’s bezel has the same finish as the dial
The word “Swiss” has moved from the top of the date window to sitting either side of the date window
The sub-dials of the new Silverstone has more hash marks than the vintage version

And that’s it- apart from that, they are identical..and the differences mentioned above are pretty small in the scheme of things.

It was also the first chance that I had to see the brown Silverstone in person- and I wish that I’d bought along a vintage Smoke Silverstone to compare, because the differences are greater here- the new one is more metallic brown than the vintage, which is bronze/ green.

I also asked whether there would be a red Silverstone- the answer was “not yet”, which I took to mean that if the current re-edition was a huge success, TAG Heuer might look at releasing a red version- but it seems as though nothing is planned, so I wouldn’t hold your breath.