TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16

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The Carrera was one of Jack Heuer’s most important passion projects, the design ethos for which can be summed up in one word: legibility.

Jack wanted a watch that was stylish and functional — a watch that gives you everything you need, and nothing you don’t. The original ran from the 1960s to the 1980s, its look shifting slightly as trends changed, ultimately taking on the cushion case design and automatic movements of the late 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, after Heuer was bought by Techniques Avant Garde (TAG), the Carrera line was discontinued. However, in the mid-1990s TAG Heuer realized that its classic designs still held value in the commercial market, and decided to re-release two watches: the square-cased Monaco and the Carrera.

This particular Carrera, a modern example, takes the form of a bold, automatic chronograph. Housed in a 41mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, barrel pushers, and a blue ceramic tachymeter bezel, it features a luminous sunburst blue dial with applied indices and a triple-register chronograph layout with a day-date display at 3:00 and a matching handset. Powered by the automatic TAG Heuer Calibre 16 movement, it comes paired to a perforated brown rallye-style leather strap with a signed stainless steel push-button deployant clasp.

This modern Carrera is the perfect entryway into complicated watchmaking; an excellent first foray into the world of TAG Heuer; or simply a wonderful chronograph for the automotive enthusiast.

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