Hi Scalic,

Always hard to know when the photos are so poor...and yes, that in itself can be an obvious red flag.

I have to say that the watch itself looks pretty good. I can't see any standout features that make this an obvious replica- even the movement appears correct.

In fact, the only thing that doesn't look right to me is the warranty card. The address on the card is TAG Heuer's Head Office- but you can't buy a watch from here...there is no dealer or store on site to buy a watch.

What do others think?

 

The biggest tell's probably going to be the movement given the Calibre 1887 is unique to TAG Heuer and isn't coming out of Asia like 7750s are, if the movement looks completely correct than its safe to say the watch is good.

 

True, although the cynics might say that Asia is where the 1887 comes from in the first place!

Turns out that the watch is genuine- has been confirmed through checking the reference with TAG Heuer.

 

Looks great- congrats. I think time will show that the 1887 Carrera will be one of the classic Carrera models- such a good looking watch.

 

Congratulations mate it looks great on your wrist especially with the black strap

 

I agree! I have this one as well with the steel bracelet.


Although there are a few improvements that could have made this design a bit better; in particular when no light illuminates the metallic details it loses some presence.

IMHO this 3rd (and final) iteration of the 1887 design, lost some of the charm of the indentations found on the 1st & 2nd one.
http://www.calibre11.com/carrera-1887-updated-again/

 

I do really like the removal of the tachymeter bezel over the earlier design it makes it much closer to the original Carrera look and feel

 

Yes, I like that as well. What I don't like is the loss of the natural depth of the inner dials, as opposed to the two inserts in the final piece. I do realize this was done primarily for the black model, for detail. It just looks "added" (patchy) to me.

 

Interesting. I don't know what the -4 signifies, but from what I can see, these were introduced sometime in mid- 2013. There are only two recent changes of significance to the Carrera 1887
1. New bracelet design introduced in 2013
2. Change in supply of hairsprings from Nivarox to Seiko/ Atokalpa

The first is unlikely but possible- if they had to change the position of the pin-holes for example, that could explain a new reference
It could be the second (the timing makes sense), or perhaps some other small detail changes that we can't see easily.

dc

 

The opening was in the first week of November 2013.