Quartz is not a dirty word
By Hannah Lindqvist, Stockholm ยท
I'll defend quartz. If you leave your watch in a drawer for a week of training with a GPS, quartz is still on time when you come back. No resetting. No shaking it awake.
The Aquaracer 30 has 200 m, a rotating bezel, sapphire, a white dial, a 16 mm bracelet and a 9.8 mm case. Practical, light and easy to live with.
But 1,900 to 2,200 dollars for a quartz TAG is steep. For a few hundred more you get the Oris Aquis 36.5, which is mechanical, 300 m and more serious in every way. And there's 'Ladies' in the name again, as if a 30 mm diver needs a gender label to explain itself.
If all you need is a no-fuss sporty watch for swimming and travel, it's fine. I'd stretch the budget.