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TAG Heuer Just Dropped A Very Familiar Looking GMT

TAG Heuer has just gifted us with some welcome news amidst the global pandemic we’re currently stuck in the middle of. It comes in the form of a brand new timepiece, the Aquaracer GMT. And before you say anything, yes, we’re well aware it looks remarkably familiar to another well-known GMT watch.

Although, the only real similarity between TAG’s GMT and Rolex’s is the two-tone blue/black ‘Batman’ colour of the bezel. Considering the function of the watch, however, we have to forgive TAG Heuer to a certain degree because tracking day and night in the form of blue and black colourways is entirely logical. This latest GMT joins TAG’s other Aquaracer model with GMT function, which coincidentally features a ‘Pepsi’ bi-colour bezel.

Elsewhere it’s business as usual for the Aquaracer family of dive watches, which was first introduced in 2003. It sports a recognisable, angular casing – in 43mm guise – with matching lugs, although for this GMT variation, TAG has opted for a more vibrant dial. Here you get a blue dial with ridged accents and a sunray finish, albeit rather subtle.

Running the show is TAG Heuer’s Calibre 7 movement, which allows for an independently adjustable GMT hand –featuring a large pointed arrow and finished in blue – which depicts the time in another timezone by pointing to the outer minute track of the main dial.

The Calibre 7 isn’t an in-house made movement but is based on either an ETA 2893-2 or the Sellita SW300, with power reserves of 42 and 46 hours, respectively. In the case of this Aquaracer, you’ll get the full 46 hours.

TAG has given the Aquaracer GMT a screw-down crown, which assists it allowing it to be water-resistant up to 300 metres, while the indices, hands and pip on the rotating bezel have all been given the Super-LumiNova treatment for enhanced visibility at night.

And the best part? It’s available to buy now, direct from TAG Heuer’s website, for AU$4,150.

Rather than (or as well as) see how much of a new language we can learn (or how many books we can read) in two weeks, we wanted to find out how much we can glean about ourselves. We spoke to Dr Lars Madsen, one of Australia’s top clinical psychologists, who sits on the board of the mental health charity The Mindshift Foundation, to weigh in with what he believes we can achieve.

He begins by reiterating that this is an ideal time to take a break, “There are a ton of things people can learn. One of the most challenging things at the moment is our world is so fast-paced, and we have so much info coming at us all the time, [and] very rarely do we have the opportunity to just sit still and think.”

“We can now sit with our feelings and not have to be rushing, or doing something.”

“That can be really scary for people because a lot of the time we feel really quite uncomfortable with ourselves for all kinds of reasons.”

Being told we can’t go about our regular daily routines, and that we have to stay indoors all the time is a completely foreign concept for us. Spending too much time alone is commonly associated with spiralling into depression.

It’s important, however, to remember there is a distinction between someone who wants to be alone because they experience anxiety when placed in social situations, and someone who just likes to spend some quality time with themselves. It’s the latter group that can really benefit from isolation.

Dr Madsen adds, “We should learn to look at the positives of being in lockdown.”

”We can learn new skills, like practising mindfulness, or meditation. Slowing things down and thinking about ourselves, our lives, our relationships.”

”There’s a real space to grow psychologically and emotionally in this time.”

But how should we go about it? Ideally, we’d want to go deeper than asking questions such as “Do I need to be on my phone right now”, and carry out what’s known as introspection, the examination of our own mental and emotional processes.

There are arguments to suggest this isn’t the best practice, because most of the time we’ll ask ourselves “why?” questions. In an article published on Ted, Tasha Eurich refers to her own research, along with that of others, that suggests by asking ourselves why we are a certain way, can have a negative impact because “we tend to search for the easiest and most plausible answers.

“Generally, once we’ve found one or two, we stop looking.”

Tasha refers to a study carried out by psychologists J. Gregory Hixon and William Swann on a group of undergraduate students, who were told their personality would be rated based on results to a test. However, all students unknowingly received the same ratings: one positive and one negative. The group was split into two, with one being asked to evaluate why they were the kind of person they were, while the other was asked to think about what kind of person they were.

The ‘why’ group was found to be more resistant to the negative rating, whereas the ‘what’ group took the evaluation onboard and presumably used it to better help them understand themselves.

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We can therefore use this test result to ask ourselves ‘what?’ questions during the isolation period, because they’re more likely to arrive at positive answers compared to ‘why?’ questions. Tasha’s article gives some examples: “What am I feeling today?”, “What’s actually going on in my head?”, “What is a better way to look at this situation?”

Dr Madsen supports this view, “This isn’t a situation that happens often, this is the key thing.”

”People have to be open to it and reflect on it, and use it as a kind of opportunity that doesn’t just happen spontaneously.”

To quantify an answer to the headline question is near-on impossible. It’s not rational to be able to say, “you will learn X amount about yourself in two weeks.” Only you can find out the answer, but to do so, you need to commit to using the time wisely, and you need to be asking yourself the right questions.