Introduction Your TAG Heuer
2000 Aquagraph chronograph
Congratulations on choosing a TAG Heuer chronograph. We are most grateful to
you for your confidence in our products. You have opted for technical innovation,
precision and endurance. These criteria of high sporting performance have
been TAG Heuer’s vocation since 1860.
Our Swiss watchmaking house takes a passionate interest in the measurement
of small fractions of time and holds many technical patents. TAG Heuer has
accordingly become official timekeeper to the most prominent sports compe-
titions and a world leader in sports watches.
Every TAG Heuer watch is created to satisfy the most stringent requirements.
The materials used by us guarantee exceptional strength for our watches,
even under particularly tough conditions of use. Meticulous care is taken
over their finish. Before going on sale, every new product undergoes more
than 60 tests of precision and quality. In addition, your TAG Heuer has been
individually tested to guarantee its water-resistance and perfect running.
The international warranty card of your TAG Heuer watch is recognized by all
TAG Heuer Service Centres in over 110 countries worldwide. The TAG Heuer
SA international warranty is valid only if the serial number engraved on the
watchcase is perfectly legible and no part of the original case back or original
number has been removed, changed, falsified, replaced, erased or rendered
illegible. Failure to comply with these conditions invalidates all rights under
the TAG Heuer SA international warranty system.
Your new TAG Heuer chronograph is an alliance of tradition and technical
achievement. We hope it gives you entire satisfaction.
Your new TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph has been designed and developed to 3
satisfy the criteria of quality and security required by professional divers.
During a dive, the watch is more than a necessary accessory – it is vital. Your
TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph has been designed to be a constant reference
and the last reliable indicator when all other instruments have stopped.
Your TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph has two unique, distinctive features:
– its Calibre 60 self-winding movement which displays the chronograph min-
utes and push-buttons that remain operational down to 500 m
– its totally secure unidirectional turning bezel
In addition, your TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph has all the technical charac-
teristics of an authentic professional divers’ timepiece:
– water-resistance to 500 m, tested on each timepiece;
– automatic helium escapement valve;
– screw-in crown with security indicator;
– scratch-resistant sapphire crystal;
– secure clasp with diver’s extension for the models fitted with a steel bracelet;
– luminous pointers.
 Maintenance of your Tag Heuer Display

Like every high quality watch, your TAG Heuer requires attentive care. The watch functions: Chronograph functions:
5
Compliance with a few basic recommendations will help to maintain its
Hours  Seconds hands
reliability and ensure that the watch is effectively protected against wear  Minutes  Minutes hands
and tear.  Seconds  12h chronograph counter
 24h indicator Push-piece A: start and stop
Rinsing. Please rinse your chronograph regularly in fresh, soapy water,  Crown: setting the time
Push-piece B: zero reset
especially after every use in salt water.

Condensation. On exposure to sudden temperature changes, condensation

may form under your chronograph crystal. This mist does not under any
circumstances imply that your timepiece has ceased to be water-resistant.
It will disappear of its own accord and does not affect the proper working of
your watch. If the condensation persists, please consult your TAG Heuer 
watchmaker. 


Sealing gaskets. With the passage of time, the sealing gaskets of your 
chronograph may deteriorate. We advise you to have the water-resistance of 

your watch checked once a year by your TAG Heuer watchmaker. If necessary,
he will replace the sealing gaskets. 

Bracelets. To prevent accidental opening, our steel bracelets are fitted with
a double safety clasp.
 The TAG Heuer Calibre 60 Secure unidirectional turning bezel
self-winding chronograph movement

Your TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph is fitted with a self-winding mechanical The unidirectional turning bezel of your fig. 1 7
movement, the Calibre 60. This choice guarantees the proper operation of TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph, fitted with 1
your timepiece in every situation. Even if a drop of water were to penetrate precision stop pawls, enables you to 1
inside the case, the Calibre 60 would continue to function because it is measure your diving time precisely. The
mechanical. catches on of the rotating bezel make it
easy to operate, even when wearing thick 2
One particularly important and unique feature of the TAG Heuer Calibre 60 is diving gloves.
the central position of the chronograph minutes hand on the dial instead of in 1: pressure – 2: rotation
a counter as on a traditional chronograph. This permits clear and immediate For still greater security, the TAG Heuer
reading of this information which is essential to measure the duration of the 2000 Aquagraph is fitted with a unique
decompression stages. system which keeps the bezel locked at all
times. Pressure must be exerted on the fig. 2
base of the bezel to make it rotate (fig. 1).

When this pressure ceases, the bezel will

automatically lock in its current position.
The bezel cannot therefore turn accidentally.

When you start your dive, set the zero

marker on the bezel against the minutes
hand (fig. 2).
 Setting the time

At every moment, the position of the fig. 3 Your TAG Heuer 2000 Aquagraph is fitted fig. 4 9
minutes hand on the bezel will indicate with a screw-in crown with safety gaskets
the number of minutes which have elapsed which guarantee its water-resistance to a 0-1 2 3
since the start of the dive (fig. 3). depth of 500 m.

30 minutes have elapsed since
the start of the dive
Fig. 4
Pos. 0: crown screwed
Pos. 1: crown released: manual winding
of the movement
Pos. 2: crown released and pulled out to
position 2: no function
Pos. 3: crown released and pulled out to
position 3: the hour and minutes
can be set on the main dial and
24h indicator. The 24h indicator
shows whether the time displayed
on the main dial is AM or PM.
 Chronometer functions

For example, if the hours and minutes
hands on the main dial read 10.10, the
24h indicator shows whether the time is
10.10 AM (fig. 5) or 22.10 (i.e. 10.10 PM)
(fig. 6).
The time shown on the 24h indicator is
adjusted as a function of the hour and
minute hands on the main dial.
fig. 5 The chronometer functions are actuated by pressing the push-pieces. These 11
remain operational down to a depth of 500 m.
The unique feature of the TAG Heuer Calibre 60 is to permit clear and imme-
diate reading of the chronograph minutes; this information is vital to measure
the duration of the decompression stages.
Warning: before each timing operation, reset the hands to zero. If neces-
10h10 AM = 10h10 sary, use push-piece B to effect a zero reset.

Important: the crown must be screwed

back in correctly to guarantee water- 1. Simple timing:
resistance of the timepiece. If a coloured fig. 6
ring can be seen on the crown, this indicates 1. Start: push-piece A (START)
that the latter has not been screwed in 2. End: push-piece A (STOP)
correctly.
> Read the time

3. Zero reset: push-piece B

10h10 PM = 22h10
 Automatic helium escapement valve

2. Additional timing: The automatic helium escapement valve fig. 7 13

(fig. 7) meets the needs of hyperbaric
This function enables several consecutive times to be measured by totalizing divers who spend several days in diving
to obtain the aggregate total time. caissons and breathe a gas mixture which
is highly enriched with helium.
1. Start time 1: push-piece A (START)
2. End time 1: push-piece A (STOP) Helium is a very light and volatile gas,
which may infiltrate the chronograph on
exposure to substantial pressure in the Automatic valve
> Read time 1
caisson. When the diver rises to the surface,
3. Start time 2: push-piece A (START) all the gases expand as the pressure falls.
4. End time 2: push-piece A (STOP) The helium trapped in the chronograph is
> Read time 1 + time 2 unable to escape as quickly as it entered.
Overpressure builds up inside the case and
etc. the valve will automatically be actuated to
5. Zero reset: push-piece B allow the helium to escape, thus preventing
damage to the chronograph.
 *Fitting and removing
steel and rubber bracelets

Fitting the steel bracelet   fig. 8 Important: Always make sure that the two fig. 9 15
bar pins are correctly fitted. Otherwise you
You have (fig. 8):
may lose your watch.
– 2 case attachments
– 2 bars The section of the bracelet with the diver’s
– 1 bracelet with diver’s extension  extension must always be positioned on
– 1 tool the 12 o’clock side (fig. 9).
Take the case attachment, place it on the 
bracelet section (1st link), pass the bar

2. Removing the steel bracelet
through the case attachment and the first Diver’s extension
link. Grasp the watch and turn it over; the Use the tool; place the cylindrical end of
watch glass must now face downwards.  the tool in a hole on the side of the case;

Case attachment compress a bar pin and press the case
With the watch in this position, compress
 Bar attachment from the watch crystal side fig. 10
one pin of the bar by means of the tool  Bracelet

(fig. 10).
and tilt the case attachment so that the Tool
 Pin
compressed pin rests in the space  Horn Proceed in the same way on the other side;
between the horns. the bracelet can be removed.
Proceed in the same way with the second Once the bracelet has been removed, you
pin; then press the case attachment so that have:
the bar pins notch into the holes provided – 2 case attachments
for them. – 2 bars
– 1 bracelet
* For owners of the diving kit Tool
3. Fitting and removing the rubber strap   fig. 11
You have (fig. 11):
– 2 bars
– 1 strap section with the case attachment:
long, with holes 
– 1 strap section with the case attachment:
fitted with the tang buckle

– 1 diver’s extension (without the case 
attachment and fitted with a tang buckle)
Follow the same procedure as for the steel

bracelet. Exception: the case attachment
is integral with the strap.
Bar
 Case attachment
Important - positioning: the strap section  Bracelet
 Tool
with the tang buckle must always be  Pin
positioned on the 12 o’clock side (fig. 12).  Horn

fig. 12

Tang buckle