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2024 TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche 963 (CBU2010.FT6267)
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路路TAG Heuer Forums ModeratorHuberto, is the rubber 'cut to fit' like the Aquaracers?
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路Yes, the 917 and other vintage Porsche racecars used a tubular chassis, but not so on the modern racers like the 963. The marketing actually says the sub-dials are supposed to be like the headlights.
Which again is wrong for the 963.
But they do mimic the pattern on some Porsche road cars, like the 911. Which I think is cool.
But coming back to the 917, that's actually one of my pet peeves. I think TAG is missing an opportunity by not leveraging the Porsche partnership for the Monaco.
As I've said many times before, I'd love to see a Monaco x Porsche 917 x Gulf watch. If they used the tubular skeleton design on a Gulf Monaco Skeleton x Porsche 917, it would make a lot more sense. I get why TAG wants to focus on the Porsche 963, as it's the Le Mans racer that they currently sponsor. But there's still room for the Monaco IMHO.
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路The moral of the story is鈥atch brands should stop coming up with elaborate back stories for their watches and focus on selling them on their actual merits鈥r at the very least make sure the back story is factual.
My fav feature of this watch is the case with the case profile. And the biiiizel. Dat's some proper sexy shit yuuum
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路Oh yes, and this watch is so cool, unique and good looking that it can definitely stand on its own merits as a mega cool piece 馃憤
My fav feature of this watch is the case with the case profile. And the biiiizel. Dat's some proper sexy shit yuuum
Totally agree. That鈥檚 why I asked for the side shots. Can鈥檛 wait to see that in proper photos.
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路It is a bit strange how TAG Heuer keep insisting on making many of their best watches limited editions. They want to make sure that the fans don't get what they want. Or perhaps this release has a halo effect 馃檮 leading to increased sales of Formula 1 and three hander Carrera
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路HYPE.
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路The moral of the story is鈥atch brands should stop coming up with elaborate back stories for their watches and focus on selling them on their actual merits鈥r at the very least make sure the back story is factual.
Yeah, but... 99.999% of the people are not Michael and when the salesman tells them the subdials represent the headlights they will just go...
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路And when they tell them the dial is based on the tubular chassis, they be like
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路LOL
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路Convince me I'm wrong
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路It is a bit strange how TAG Heuer keep insisting on making many of their best watches limited editions. They want to make sure that the fans don't get what they want. Or perhaps this release has a halo effect 馃檮 leading to increased sales of Formula 1 and three hander Carrera
The new Carrera line will have the same Skeleton dial and case. Minus the Porsche branding obviously. New colours too. This model was the preview.
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路The new Carrera line will have the same Skeleton dial and case. Minus the Porsche branding obviously. New colours too. This model was the preview.
Well if they are also matte like this one then it'll be a hit.
@Hubert - when I tried it on my only curiosity was how other straps would fit with that lug design. Any insights, can you photo the underside of the lugs to see if there's anything going on there?
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路On the website it looks like just a normal strap. I think the metal part is glued to the strap and comes off with it.
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路On the wishlist!
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路路TAG Heuer Forums ModeratorI love that you spend 50-100k dollah per year on TAG Heuer watches but no Porsche? I'm betting Porsche is a bit too cheap and massmarket for a man of your caliber 馃槑
