Baselworld 2016- Diary/ Reactions

automobilia42

OT: David, I have a feeling I will be at the TAG Heuer booth around 12:00-13:00 tomorrow if all goes to plan (Plain, train, hotel, etc.) would you still be at Baselworld then or already preparing to go back home?

D.C

No, not the Jack Heuer Carrera- black accents rather than anthracite. Hear there will also be a black dial/ silver sub model

D.C

Ah, I'll just miss you! I'm on a 12.00 flight out of Zurich. Next time...

D.C

No, not the Jack Heuer Carrera- black accents rather than anthracite. Hear there will also be a black dial/ silver sub model

D.C

The Formula 1 with the blue bezel is apparently a Red Bull F1 Edition

imagwai

Interested to see the black dial version, but I already said I sold my JH80 because the case was too thick. If I still had it, though, I would be more than a little miffed at the silver-dialed variant being so similar. It may have black accents but I couldn't tell on first look.

D.C

Also caught up with Christoph Behling yesterday- lovely guy. He's been the main designer for TAG Heuer for years now and confirmed that he also designed the Carrera Heuer-01. He felt that the modular aspect of that design now made more sense given there is now a range of these watches out there- so you get to see the benefits of being modular (i.e. that new models can be efficiently produced only changing a few parts).

We also talked about the size increase on the Monza. He felt that given the sporty nature of the new design relative to the more classic/ conservative design of the 2000 Monza, the larger size made good sense.

D.C

No, not the Jack Heuer Carrera- black accents rather than anthracite. Hear there will also be a black dial/ silver sub model

elbeik

I thought Mr. Biver said the name Heuer will be reserved to actual reeditions??