Both models feature a 41-mm stainless steel case, sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating on both sides, and an automatic movement. Today, these models are coveted collector's items that will add value to any watch collection.įollowing the success of the Re-Edition, TAG Heuer released a new Calibre 16 and the Calibre 17. At the time, the company was still simply known as "Heuer" and was outfitting their chronographs with classic movements from Valjoux, Lemania, and Landeron. Only 188 copies exist of this 18-karat rose gold timepiece.įans of timeless vintage watches are sure to enjoy models from the 1960s and 70s such as the Carrera 30, Carrera 45 Dato, and Carrera Chronomatic. TAG Heuer paid tribute to the industry legend with the Jack Heuer Birthday Gold Limited Edition. These models have limited production runs of 1,860 and 1,000 pieces, respectively.
First, the company marked their 160th anniversary with the 160 Years Silver and the Carrera 160 Years Anniversary. TAG Heuer celebrated two anniversaries in 2020 and took this opportunity to release new Carrera models. What's more, the Calibre 02 is an in-house caliber and also available as the 02T with a tourbillon.
This opens a world of near-endless possibilities to TAG Heuer's designers, as reflected in the wide range of timepieces in these lines.
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The Calibre Heuer 01 and Calibre Heuer 02 series feature watch cases with a modular construction.
Over the years, the Heuer Carrera has continued to evolve and is now a comprehensive collection. Heuer named the collection after the Carrera Panamericana rally, a famous race through the streets of Mexico in the early 1950s. Designed by Jack Heuer, this chronograph sets itself apart with its precision and the exceptional readability of its dial. This model is available with a mother-of-pearl or blue sunray-brushed dial and can even be specified with 11 diamond indexes.Swiss luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer first released the Carrera in 1963, and it's been an industry icon ever since. Lastly, the TAG Heuer Carrera Date 29mm enunciates the time in the firm’s desired ‘clear and clean’ format but it is sized to suit a slender wrist. Guy Bove, Creative Product Design Director, and his team have deliberately positioned the daylight hours in the upper area of the dial where the wearer is most likely to view the indicated hours. A two-tone flange marked with a silver and blue 24-hour track, shows the hour at home. The TAG Heuer Carrera Twin-Time Date 41mm incorporates an additional hour hand allowing the wearer to view the local hour as well as the prevailing hour at home, making it the perfect complication for frequent travellers. The TAG Heuer Carrera Day Date 41mm, as its name suggests, is a tad larger and features three hands along with a day and date display. The TAG Heuer Carrera Date 39mm displays hours, minutes and seconds as well as the date, positioned at 6 o’clock. The TAG Heuer Carrera three hands is available in four variants, some of which encompass a number of different dial colours. Indeed, the TAG Heuer Carrera three hands has always proved eminently legible. Although these models eschewed the model’s stopwatch capabilities, they still wholeheartedly embraced Jack’s design objectives. While the inaugural Heuer Carrera was a chronograph, the name would eventually be applied to three hands references in the early 2000s. Some Heuer Carrera chronographs featured three registers instead of two, however, all examples subscribed to Jack’s aforementioned philosophy of ‘clear and clean’ design. The first Heuer Carrera was a bi-compax chronograph that would go on to influence the design of many future models. Where most chronographs only featured markings on the main dial area, Jack chose to apply ⅕-second markings to the tension ring, thereby freeing up more space for the remaining dial indications. The plastic crystals fitted to watches at this time were held in position using a tension ring, augmenting water resistance. One of his ideas was particularly inspired. He had a vision for the inaugural Carrera and was determined it should have a ‘clear and clean’ dial design.