THE TAG HEUER CARRERA GETS THE CALIBRE HEUER 02
A touchstone of the brand since 1963, the TAG Heuer Carrera initiates a new turn for its 55th anniversary. Synonymous with avant-garde since its first generation in the 60’s, this collection pursues its race with the new TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02.
The watch is available in 12 different contemporary variations, on steel, ceramic or gold with either a steel, rubber, leather or ceramic strap. Sporty, this new generation of automatic chronographs displays the motor raced lines of the 21st-century TAG Heuer Carrera, distinctive with their modular case with their bezel and tachymeter scale.
Conceived in 1963 for pilots, the collection, named in homage of the mythic Mexican race “Carrera Panamericana”, is a revolution by its design. The ring fixing the dial to the case bear the essential second’s scale, which maximizes the display and strongly improves legibility.
A high-grade movement, the Calibre Heuer 02
For the first time, the TAG Heuer Carrera carries the Calibre Heuer 02’s automatic movement. Developed and produced by TAG Heuer, it integrates 168 components including a column wheel and a vertical coupling-clutch, signatures of Haute Horlogerie. Modern and accurate, this mechanical movement keeps a 75 hours’ power-reserve stocked in a single barrel. A high-end mechanism unveiled through a skeleton dial, doubled with a sapphire back case.
The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02 comes back to the original disposition of the 3-6-9 counters of 1963. Minutes and hours of the chronograph at 3 and 9 o’clock, small seconds positioned at 6 o'clock, to which an aperture date is added at 4:30.
Looks like you could easily shave 5mm or more off the case size in order to fit a Heuer-02 movement. Here's hoping some more classic styles are around the corner. Still wouldn't buy one if it had the date, but it'd interest me enough to consider walking into the Tourneau - though ultimately deciding not to.
Oooooh, the link has stopped working... now I'm getting 'You are not authorised to view this page'....
Maybe it WAS a mistake. Sorry TAG, but if you put it on Twitter...
So do we think this will roll out to the 45mm Carreras? It would be nice if it didn't in a way... or maybe it would make mine more collectible in the long run?
The Carrera Heuer 02 is 43mm in diameter, save for the GMT version that’s 45mm.
...there will be a 45mm version with a GMT function that TAG Heuer hints at in their press release, but doesn't tell us more for the time being. Rumor has it, the new Heuer 02 will replace the 43mm Heuer-01, while the 45mm Heuer-01 will continue to live on.
