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"FacebookPinterest\n\nLast week marked the opening of the 34th America's Cup and the event, held every three years, sees teams of eleven of the world's top sailors competing on the open waters (this year it's the San Francisco's bay). Each team's racing machine and gear are uniquely designed for speed and agility but this year the defending champion Oracle Team USA crew has one advantage over all the rest: the TAG Heuer Aquaracer 72.\n\nThe Aquaracer 72 is a digital chronograph designed specifically for the sailing team onboard the Oracle boat. On top of the normal functions you'd expect to find within a digital chronograph, the Aquaracer 72 displays real-time information about how the boat and its sails are behaving, including boat speed, true wind speed, true wind direction and true wind angle. While the movement was developed by TAG Heuer, the programming was handled by Oracle (they seem to have a knack for that kind of thing). Before you ask: No. The Aquaracer 72 is not available commercially.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nWhat you can get however, is the Aquaracer 500M Caliber 72 Team USA Edition, seen above. This watch features a special \"Oracle Team USA\" boat stamp on its caseback as well as a regatta countdown complication added to the chronograph, in case you want to track the boats on your own time.\n\nBlake Buettner is a contributor to HODINKEE. For the latest in horological news, reviews, and original stories, visit HODINKEE.com.\n\nMore Hodinkee on GQ.com:\n\n The Max Bsser and Friends Legacy...That You Can Wear\n\n Jaeger-LeCoultre's Game-Changing Perpetual Calendar\n\n Longines' Chronograph Legacy"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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