TAG Heuer Marks a Red Bull Racing Decade With a 38 mm Formula 1 Solargraph

TAG Heuer’s Formula 1 line has always made more sense when it’s close to the paddock.

For the tenth year of its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, the brand has created a special Formula 1 Solargraph that leans into team colour, compact proportions and everyday usefulness rather than pure nostalgia.

The result is a 38 mm Formula 1 with a blue dial, red and yellow accents, and TAG Heuer’s light-powered Solargraph movement inside.

At a glance

• TAG Heuer has introduced the Formula 1 Solargraph x Oracle Red Bull Racing to mark ten years of partnership with the Formula 1 team.
• The watch combines a 38 mm sandblasted steel case, blue TH-Polylight bezel and team-coloured dial details with the Calibre TH50-00 Solargraph movement.
• It is priced at CHF 2,100, €2,200 or US$2,250 and presented in dedicated Oracle Red Bull Racing packaging.

A 38 mm Formula 1 with early-model energy

The most important design decision here may be the size.

TAG Heuer has introduced a 38 mm case for this Formula 1 Solargraph edition, drawing on the proportions and styling cues of the collection’s early models.

That matters because the Formula 1 has roots in the 1980s, when the collection helped define a more colourful, accessible and motorsport-coded side of TAG Heuer.

On this edition, the sandblasted stainless steel case gives the watch a matte surface treatment rather than a high-polish finish.

It’s topped with a flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment and fitted with a bidirectional rotating bezel in blue TH-Polylight.

The bezel carries a 60-second and minute scale, keeping the watch visually close to the functional language that has long shaped the Formula 1 collection.

Oracle Red Bull Racing cues without losing the Formula 1 shape

The blue sunray-brushed dial takes its colour from Oracle Red Bull Racing’s visual identity.

A red flange with a 60-second and minute scale adds the more immediate motorsport contrast, while yellow appears on the central seconds hand and the date window at 3 o’clock.

Applied black lacquered indexes and polished black lacquered hour and minute hands are filled with white Super-LumiNova, which emits green light in the dark.

TAG Heuer shields at 6, 9 and 12 o’clock reinforce the model’s place within the Formula 1 family rather than making the watch feel like a simple team merchandise exercise.

The screw-down caseback is more explicit, carrying the Oracle Red Bull Racing logo alongside a chequered flag pattern and the TAG Heuer logo.

Solargraph gives the anniversary watch a practical core

The watch is powered by TAG Heuer’s Calibre TH50-00 Solargraph movement, which converts both natural and artificial light into energy.

According to TAG Heuer, one minute of direct sunlight exposure provides enough energy for a full day of operation.

A complete charge is achieved in less than 40 hours of light exposure and can deliver up to ten months of autonomy in darkness, according to the brand.

If the watch stops, TAG Heuer says ten seconds of light are enough to restart it.

The movement’s accumulator is designed to last up to 15 years, which gives the Formula 1 Solargraph a low-maintenance appeal that fits the collection’s everyday sports-watch character.

Details & Specifications

This is a watch for Formula 1 followers who want the team connection made visible, but it also has broader appeal for anyone drawn to the compact case, bright dial work and convenience of a light-powered TAG Heuer sports watch.