The 2000 Series was a hugely important model for TAG Heuer and was one of the key reasons that the company stayed afloat in the 1980s and 1990s. With the 1000 Series, Heuer saw that it could address the demand for affordable, reliable dive watches, and the 2000 Series represented the development of the dive watch category, with modern styles that moved from the traditional dive watches of the 1950s to the contemporary styles of the 1980s and 1990s. The success of the 2000 Series spurred TAG Heuer on to create the 3000, 4000 and 6000 series, each essentially a different take on the theme developed by the Heuer 2000 back in 1982.

For a model that lasted so long and offered so many variants, the basic shape never really changed, proving the strength of the design. The TAG Heuer 2000 lives on today as the Aquaracer and, 40 years after Heuer offered the first 2000 Series dive watches, you don’t have to look hard to see the heritage of the collection.