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Jim Dollares
·Google translate tells me that Dato in German = Date in English. That must be it!
TAG Heuer x HODINKEE LE Carrera Dato 45
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Mspeedster
·Not exactly, date in German is datum. You can say 'bis dato' in German which means basically 'to this date'. Like saying 'up until this date noone had figured out where Jack got the name Dato from'.
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imagwai
·Dato is also apparently a Latin word meaning to be in habit of giving or giving away. I doubt that's what they had in mind, though!
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Mspeedster
·The Heuer family name is of German origin, so I think this must be where Jack got "dato" from.
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Anthony.
·The Heuer family name is of German origin, so I think this must be where Jack got "dato" from.
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Mspeedster
·Thats where I think the Datograph name came from too. Good find Michael
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kappa_md
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DATee
·I always thought “dato” was supposed to echo “chrono.” Like, emphasizing the date function where a subdial would be. So, instead of a ChronOgraph, it’s a DatOgraph. I wonder if it’s a marketing name or if etymology holds...
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abrod520
·I always thought “dato” was supposed to echo “chrono.” Like, emphasizing the date function where a subdial would be. So, instead of a ChronOgraph, it’s a DatOgraph. I wonder if it’s a marketing name or if etymology holds...
I think that's probably what it was more about, but there could have been some German-language connection involved as well
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Yago
·Just imagine comic book guy pronouncing Dato and you’re there.
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Mspeedster
·Doesn't the dato 45 refer to the position of the date window on the dial, i.e. at the 45 min mark?
Definitely for the 45 minute counter, defining feature of the two subdial 3647 Carreras. These operated with the Valjoux 92 whereas the Dato has a Landeron under the ‘bonnet’. The 45 name for the Hodinkee bugged me from early on but no deal breaker 😉
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However, the re-edition is officially named the "Carrera Dato 45". Whether intentional or not, this matches @imagwai's notion that it's the Carrera with a date at the 45 minute mark. I'm going to keep using this definition in my own mind, otherwise I'll continue to be irked that the watch has a 30 minute counter and not a 45. 🙄
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Calibre11
·I noticed that in the old ads and documents, the original 3147n is called the "Carrera 45 Dato". Which makes sense, as it's the the Carrera with a 45 minute counter and a date.
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However, the re-edition is officially named the "Carrera Dato 45". Whether intentional or not, this matches @imagwai's notion that it's the Carrera with a date at the 45 minute mark. I'm going to keep using this definition in my own mind, otherwise I'll continue to be irked that the watch has a 30 minute counter and not a 45. 🙄
They obviously realised late what you did- that calling it the "45" made no sense.
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Mspeedster
·Actually, the watch was called the Carrera Dato 45 Reedition until the day before the launch when Hodinkee sent out an updated press release to say that the watch's official name was "TAG Heuer Carrera ‘Dato’ Limited Edition for HODINKEE"
They obviously realised late what you did- that calling it the "45" made no sense.
But there are so many references to Dato 45 out there, I guess they couldn't go back and change everything in time. For example, the box says Dato 45.
Also, TAG Heuer's US website still has Dato 45. Although I did notice that Hodinkee's website says just Dato.
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kappa_md
·The 45 minute (o’ clock) mark date position will make it more logical 😉
https://limited.hodinkee.com/tag-heuer/
Heuer Carrera 45 Dato means
1. Has a 45 minute register counter (2 subdials or single)
2. Has a date window (12 o’clock or 9 o’clock)
The nickname “Dato 45” stands for both the 1st and 2nd execution 👍
https://limited.hodinkee.com/tag-heuer/
Heuer Carrera 45 Dato means
1. Has a 45 minute register counter (2 subdials or single)
2. Has a date window (12 o’clock or 9 o’clock)
The nickname “Dato 45” stands for both the 1st and 2nd execution 👍
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Calibre11
·Interesting, thanks for the clarification! 👍
But there are so many references to Dato 45 out there, I guess they couldn't go back and change everything in time. For example, the box says Dato 45.
Also, TAG Heuer's US website still has Dato 45. Although I did notice that Hodinkee's website says just Dato.
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imagwai
·In a way, not surprising that the community knows more about this than the people involved in producing the watch, but you'd have thought they'd have done their research when coming up with a name.
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Aquagraph
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I think your English is great 👍 me on the other hand, keep getting crap from Charlie and Rob for my lack of English grammar 🙄😁
And your insistence on missing 'u' out of words as if you are an American.
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Jim Dollares
·And your insistence on missing 'u' out of words as if you are an American.
