TAG Heuer ambassador Naomi Osaka is not only one of today’s best and most influential tennis players, she is also someone who is passionate about fashion and design. The Aquaracer Professional 300 Naomi Osaka Limited Edition is the result of the close collaboration between the Japanese sportswoman and the Swiss luxury brand.
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland – 13th January 2022: Naomi Osaka became a TAG Heuer brand ambassador in January 2021 and since then has enjoyed working with the iconic watchmaker brand. To celebrate their partnership, Naomi Osaka and TAG Heuer worked together on a new project: to create a new watch, a TAG Heuer Aquaracer, which will be launched exclusively in the United States, Japan and Australia.
A watch in Naomi’s colours For this special edition, Naomi Osaka wanted the TAG Heuer model that bears her name to have shades of green on the dial and the strap. The green not only represents a reminder of tennis but also brings Osaka back to her love of nature and all things green.
“I am excited to continue my work with TAG Heuer not only because their time pieces are so renowned and classic but also because it is an honor to be able to create a timepiece with such an iconic brand with a rich history in watch making. I’m grateful to TAG Heuer for allowing me to fuel my passion for fashion and product design.”
Naomi Osaka.
In honour of her two great passions, the dial of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Naomi Osaka Limited Edition has two shades of green: the dial has a distinctive pale green colour forming a wave
pattern, while details on the five minutes markers are in a different shade of green with a subtle reference to the colour of tennis balls. The octagonal hour markers are made of diamonds.
Green is also found in the two straps delivered with the watch: both on the green rubber strap which comes with the watch, and in the additional strap made from fishing nets. This strap is 100% recyclable and recycled, perfectly reflecting Naomi Osaka’s commitment to the environment.
A special tool to make it easy to change the straps is also included. Finally, the case back is decorated with the player’s official logo: a teddy bear holding a flower. Naomi’s favourite emblem can also be found on the exclusive packaging of this limited-edition watch.
Naomi Osaka chose the Aquaracer collection as the basis for the limited series that would bear her name. Indeed, athletes and very active people appreciate the Aquaracer models for its exceptional robustness and for their hour markers and hands that are unusually wide for this type of model. This makes it easy to see the timewith one glance and it is worth noting that
the Aquaracer’s bezel is also extra-wide which brings a bold design to the time piece and improve the readability.
The result of this co-creation between the avant-garde Swiss watchmaker and the tennis player is a high-performance watch with a unique style and fashion, just like the extraordinary champion that is Naomi Osaka.
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Naomi Osaka Limited Edition comes in a black and green box featuring the player’s official logo as well as the TAG Heuer logo. The box includes a black travel pouch with green over-stitching.
The Aquaracer Professional 300 Naomi Osaka Limited Edition will be available in shops and online from January 2022. The
series will be limited to 250 pieces, numbered from 1 to 250.
Aquaracer Professional 300: the luxury tool watch from TAG Heuer
For the Aquaracer Professional 300 launch collection, TAG Heuer followed a clear concept: to create a bold, high-performance, ergonomic watch for divers that was distinctively TAG Heuer. At the same time as they respect the tradition that has made TAG Heuer’s dive watches famous for decades, they also push the aesthetic refinements and materials further to meet, and even
exceed, the high expectations of today’s customers.
TAG Heuer’s designers wanted the Aquaracer Professional 300 to be a reliable instrument, but also adaptable to multipleenvironments. More and more wearers are turning to divers’ watches for their robustness and versatility, while at the same time wanting to wear them for both work and play. The TAG Heuer Aquaracer pushes back the limits to go ever further, whether under the sea or on land. A truly robust and accurate tool, this watch is ready for any challenge. The permanent Aquaracer Professional 300 collection has a total of eleven timepieces in two sizes, 43 mm and 36 mm, with either steel or rubber straps as well as a version in titanium.
AQUARACER PROFESSIONAL 300
NAOMI OSAKA LIMITED EDITION
WBP231E.EB0247
Movement
Calibre 5 Automatic
Function
Hours – Minutes – Seconds – Date
Dial
Light green lacquered dial
Indexes and hands filled with white superluminova®
8 VS diamonds diameter 1.40 mm (0.078 ct)
Case
36 mm diameter
Steel polished, fine brushed case
Ceramic black 60 minute scale unidirectional turning bezel
Steel screw-down crown at 3 o’clock
Steel screwed case back with Naomi Osaka logo special engraving,
limited numbered XXX/250
Water resistance: 300 meters
Strap
Dark green rubber strap + additional strap in 100% recycled and
recyclable fishing net fabric
Steel folding clasp with double safety push-buttons with fine
adjustment system; TAG Heuer shield
Availability
From January 2022
About TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer, founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, is a luxury watch brand that is part of LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton SE (“LVMH”), the world’s leading luxury group. Based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and with four production sites, TAG Heuer has 1470 employees and is active in 139 countries. TAG Heuer products are available online on www.tagheuer. com for select countries and in 160 boutiques and 3,000 points of sale worldwide. The company is headed up by Frédéric Arnault, CEO of TAG Heuer. For 160 years, TAG Heuer has demonstrated pure avant-garde watchmaking spirit and a commitment to innovation with revolutionary technologies that have included the oscillating pinion for mechanical stopwatches in 1887, the Mikrograph in 1916, the first automatic-winding chronograph movement – Calibre 11 – in 1969 and the first luxury smartwatch in 2015. Today, the brand’s core collection
consists of three iconic families designed by Jack Heuer – TAG Heuer Carrera, Monaco and Autavia – and is rounded out with the contemporary Link, Aquaracer, Formula 1 and Connected lines.
Capturing TAG Heuer’s motto, “Don’t Crack Under Pressure”, are prominent partnerships and brand ambassadors that express the brand’s passion for action and high performance.
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