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Updated 2015 Carrera Calibre 5 Models

  1. Calibre11

    Calibre11 Editor of Calibre11.com Staff Member Jun 22, 2015

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    Read today a post at WUS where someone had bought a new Calibre 5 Carrera that had a very different dial- out is the starburst finish, replaced with an azurage finish
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    Seems like all of the Calibre 5 Day/ Date models now have this finish
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  2. Calibre11

    Calibre11 Editor of Calibre11.com Staff Member Jun 22, 2015

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  3. dsio

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jun 22, 2015

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    It'll be interesting to see how they look under light rather than in renderings
     
  4. Hubert

    Hubert TAG Heuer Forums Moderator Staff Member Jun 22, 2015

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    Exactly! It all depends on that.
     
  5. Calibre11

    Calibre11 Editor of Calibre11.com Staff Member Jun 23, 2015

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    Here's a photo from that WUS link...although I hope the photographer won't mind me saying that it's probably not the most flattering photo of the dial!

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    Without seeing in person, I think that it will be a step forward on the flat dial models, but I love that Anthracite Sunburst dial so much that I find it hard to believe that it could look better than the original
     
  6. elbeik

    elbeik Jun 23, 2015

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  7. FRUITLOOPS322

    FRUITLOOPS322 Jun 25, 2015

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    Hey everyone,
    I'm the one who took that picture (haha np D.C.) and I was very unimpressed when I saw it under natural lighting in person. I've tried both the sunburst and concentric circle version and the sunburst is much nicer imo. The pictures below probably make the watch look their best in natural lighting unfortunately. I took those right after they gave me the watch, but I ended up removing it immediately after because I thought something looked off...since I was expecting the sunburst version and forgot exactly how it looked like.
     
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  8. Calibre11

    Calibre11 Editor of Calibre11.com Staff Member Jun 25, 2015

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    Much better photo ;) Like it much better in this shot, but, like you, the sunburst is more my taste.
     
  9. FRUITLOOPS322

    FRUITLOOPS322 Jun 25, 2015

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    Yeah definitely. I picked up the sunburst one today.
     
  10. imagwai

    imagwai Jun 26, 2015

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    Nice one, congratulations. How about posting a pic?
     
  11. FRUITLOOPS322

    FRUITLOOPS322 Jun 28, 2015

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  12. Hubert

    Hubert TAG Heuer Forums Moderator Staff Member Jun 28, 2015

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    Looks great; congrats!
     
  13. imagwai

    imagwai Jun 28, 2015

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    Nice. Looks better I think. I see you've switched to a leather strap also.
     
  14. FRUITLOOPS322

    FRUITLOOPS322 Jun 28, 2015

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    Thanks guys. It happened to be one of the last ones in my area. I got the strap off of ebay for around $50. Pretty impressed with the quality.