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One of the best....this is my favourite reference.
I love the 1/100 movements - we had a Carrera Mikrograph CAR5040 at work a couple of years back. Absolutely gorgeous piece.
 
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I love the 1/100 movements - we had a Carrera Mikrograph CAR5040 at work a couple of years back. Absolutely gorgeous piece.
I would absolutely love a 100th Anniversary Mikrograph. Just never see them available for sale.
 
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Mai Ikuzawa looking mighty cool next to the 906 in which her father won the ‘67 Japanese GP. She drove it up the hill at Goodwood FoS. Heuer badge on her overalls. Wondering which watch she’s wearing. Her dad was sponsored by and wore Seiko. She’s been seen wearing various TAG Heuers including the Aquaradar. Also has the Bamford Snoopy. So perhaps a Bamford Carrera with Ikuzawa colours? Anyone have a clue?
Some photos and details by Tom Shaxson:

Looks like Bamford will be launching this Team Ikuzawa watch on Sept. 21st.
 
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I presume the watch at Goodwood was a Bamford prototype. TAG also posted about the Bamford RUF collab.
 
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The half-links are next to the clasp, one on each side from the factory. But I'm currently using only one of them.
Better late than never…
I did the math based on @Mspeedster 's photo and came to the conclusion that the short (removable) links must be about 5-ish mm while the “normal-length” (removable) links are 7-ish mm. The latter ones are the ONLY ones that were on my bracelet (10 of them). Weird 😵‍💫

I guess I’m good to shoot an email to TH EU customer service in Pforzheim since I need these half links: Swapping out one normal one against two short ones will give me the +3mm I need (since I’m definitely dang-on between two normal links in size)…

Really not sure what happened. Maybe TH didn’t have the half links ready when they shipped the first bracelets as spare parts? Or they added them a bit later due to customer/boutique feedback?
 
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Better late than never…
I did the math based on @Mspeedster 's photo and came to the conclusion that the short (removable) links must be about 5-ish mm while the “normal-length” (removable) links are 7-ish mm. The latter ones are the ONLY ones that were on my bracelet (10 of them). Weird 😵‍💫

I guess I’m good to shoot an email to TH EU customer service in Pforzheim since I need these half links: Swapping out one normal one against two short ones will give me the +3mm I need (since I’m definitely dang-on between two normal links in size)…

Really not sure what happened. Maybe TH didn’t have the half links ready when they shipped the first bracelets as spare parts? Or they added them a bit later due to customer/boutique feedback?
Hope it works out for you. I noticed that the current Carrera bracelets also have these half links, err 3/4 links.
 
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Wouldn’t you believe it… 😜

TAG Heuer Customer Service EU in Germany just told me that the links with reduced length that @Mspeedster has in his Monaco bracelet don’t exist 😵‍💫

So, I send them his photo to prove them wrong… —> Could you possibly confirm that your photo is indeed of a BA0644 (Although I frankly don’t see what else it could be…)?

To be continued… 😁
 
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Wouldn’t you believe it… 😜

TAG Heuer Customer Service EU in Germany just told me that the links with reduced length that @Mspeedster has in his Monaco bracelet don’t exist 😵‍💫

So, I send them his photo to prove them wrong… —> Could you possibly confirm that your photo is indeed of a BA0644 (Although I frankly don’t see what else it could be…)?

To be continued… 😁
 
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Quick update: Tks to the two pics of @Mspeedster, TAG Heuer Europe now believes me that these half-links exist and… is going to ask the mothership in Le Locle for more details (not sure about what exactly) 😀

This could become interesting 😁
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