Tag Heuer has expanded the Formula 1 Solargraph line with a five-piece pastel series, marking a clear tonal shift from the brighter, more hyperactive palette of the 2025 reboot. The new pieces lean softer and calmer – more spring-summer wardrobe than starting grid – and arrive across two case constructions, all in the same 38mm proportions as the existing range.
Two of the new pieces come in (unusual for the collection) sand-blasted steel cases with three-row steel bracelets and eight diamonds set into the indexes. These are available with a pastel green dial or a pastel blue dial with a pastel pink minute track. The other three use TH-Polylight – the brand’s lightweight polyamide – with matching rubber straps and colour-through cases in pastel blue, beige, and pastel pink. A Mercedes hour hand, shield indices at 6, 9 and 12, and the Calibre TH50-00 Solargraph movement carry over from the rest of the line.
I caught a preview of these at Tag Heuer’s stand during Watches & Wonders 2026, and the two rubber-strapped TH-Polylight pieces I kept coming back to were the beige and the blue. Both lean tonal and quietly cohesive in a way the diamond-set steel pair don’t quite manage. The blue does a clean pastel-on-pastel monochrome from case to strap, while the beige sets a soft cool-grey minute track against a sandy dial that reads almost like a desert palette on the wrist. There’s a seasonal coherence to both, the sort of thing you’d happily wear to a barbecue or, yes, the side of a pool.
Poolside, it’s a natural fit: the Solargraph tops itself up on the lounger and the 100m of water resistance is more than enough for a dip, all with the kind of grab-and-go convenience that suits a holiday rotation. The diamond-set steel pair are perfectly nicely done, but the gem-setting nudges the whole thing into a slightly different category – more dressed-up than the F1 line really wants to be, in my view.
The pastel pink rubber-strap version is a limited edition of 1,110 pieces, marking the 110th anniversary of the Indy 500 in 2026. It ties in cleanly with Tag’s motorsport focus and I suspect the run will move quickly – which is exactly the problem. The other four pastel pieces are permanent additions to the line, and pink is arguably the most distinct colour of the bunch, the one that sits furthest from anything already in the F1 catalogue. Capping the most differentiated piece at 1,110 units while leaving the more familiar palettes open-ended feels like the wrong way round, and I know others in the Oracle Time office will agree.
Pricing is where I think these fall a little by the wayside. The TH-Polylight rubber versions come in at £1,650, with the steel and diamond versions at £2,350 – pricing that was already considered punchy on the 2025 launch and which has crept up further in dollar terms this year. The Solargraph movement, the Polylight case material, and the genuine design upgrade over the originals are all real – but with the wider F1 Solargraph range pushing toward two grand for a quartz watch, TAG is clearly testing how much heritage and motorsport title sponsorship the market will pay for.
For all that, the watches themselves are undoubtedly cool, and the rubber-strap pastels in particular feel like a smart commercial play heading into summer. If you missed out on the 2025 launch and the brighter palette wasn’t your thing, this is the more wearable version of that collection.
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