TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph. 60-Year Story of the Icon. Four new chronographs to be discovered.
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2023
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To time with the TAG Heuer Carrera’s 60th anniversary, TAG Heuer’s designers and watchmakers have reworked and improved its form, readying it for its seventh decade of service. This starts with the stainless-steel case. Measuring 39 mm in diameter, it has a universal quality, while the overall ergonomics have been honed and refined, making the watch as comfortable to wear as possible, even across a range of wrist sizes.
The case is topped with a sapphire crystal shaped liked the domed hesalite crystals found on Heuer Carrera models from the 1970s, only now, the crystal has been redeveloped so that the curve flows seamlessly over the tachymeter scale that runs around the dial edge and into the case. In the same way, the flange and indexes have been curved, too, further contributing to the watch’s seamless aesthetic, coherence, and legibility. In keeping with Jack’s original purpose for the watch, this development is more than aesthetic - it also means the tachymeter can be read from a wider range of angles.
Equally pronounced are the new pushers, which have been shaped and positioned to make them as efficient for the user as possible. At its heart, the TAG Heuer Carrera remains an extremely refined watch, designed for purpose and defined both by its function and its form.
At launch, there are two models: one with a signature blue dial on a blue calfskin leather strap, and a second with a racier, black-and-silver “reverse panda” dial, the nickname given to black watch dials with high-contrast white or silver subdials. The reverse panda model is a greatest hits compilation of some of the most coveted Heuer Carreras of the 1960s, such as the reference 3147 Dato 12, the first Heuer Carrera with chronograph and calendar functions, and the reference 2447 NS, perhaps the rarest Heuer Carrera of them all, with an extremely limited production run of just a few years. It comes on a black perforated calfskin leather strap.
Both new models continue the TAG Heuer Carrera’s legacy of cool with a fresh, highly memorable look.
TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph CBS2210.FC6534
Movement
Calibre TH20-00 Automatic
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph
Dial
Black circular brushed dial
Black flange with 60-second/minute scale and tachymeter scale Three counters:
- 3 o’clock: silver “azuré” minute chronograph counter; rhodium-plated hand
- 6 o’clock: silver “azuré” permanent seconds indicator; rhodium-plated hand
- 9 o’clock: silver “azuré” hour chronograph counter; rhodium-plated hand Rhodium-plated facetted hour and minute hands with green Super-LumiNova® Rhodium-plated central hand
Case
39 mm diameter
Polished steel case
Domed sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment Steel crown at 3 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 2 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 4 o’clock
Steel screw-down sapphire case back
Water resistance: 100 meters
Bracelet
Perforated black calfskin strap
Polished steel folding clasp with double safety push buttons
Availability
From April 2023
TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph CBS2212.FC6535
Movement
Calibre TH20-00 Automatic
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph
Dial
Blue circular brushed dial
Blue flange with 60 second / minute scale and tachymeter scale Three counters:
- 3 o’clock: blue “azuré” minute chronograph counter; rhodium-plated hand
- 6 o’clock: blue permanent seconds indicator; rhodium-plated hand
- 9 o’clock: blue “azuré” hour chronograph counter; rhodium-plated hand Rhodium-plated facetted hour and minute hands with green Super-LumiNova® Rhodium-plated central hand
Case
39 mm diameter
Polished steel case
Domed sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment Steel crown at 3 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 2 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 4 o’clock
Steel screw-down sapphire case back
Water resistance: 100 meters
Bracelet
Blue calfskin strap
Polished steel folding clasp with double safety push buttons
Availability
From April 2023
TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Tourbillon CBS5010.FC6543
Movement
Calibre TH20-09 Automatic COSC
Functions
Hours, minutes, chronograph, tourbillon
Dial
Blue circular brushed dial
Blue flange with 60-second/minute scale Three counters:
- 3 o’clock: blue “azuré” minute chronograph counter; rhodium-plated hand
- 6 o’clock: rhodium-plated tourbillon
- 9 o’clock: blue “azuré” hour chronograph counter, rhodium-plated hand Rhodium-plated facetted hour and minute hands with green Super-LumiNova® Orange-lacquered central hand
Case
42 mm diameter
Polished steel case
Domed sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment Steel standard crown at 3 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 2 o’clock
Polished steel round push button at 4 o’clock
Steel screw-down sapphire case back
Water resistance: 100 meters
Bracelet
Blue calfskin strap
Polished steel folding clasp with double safety push buttons
Availability
May 2023
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So glad to see Tag getting back to their roots. They knocked it out of the park with these.
They are in fact doing a good job!
TAG going back to Heuer roots!
When I was in my twenties Tags were a very big deal. I was buying a condo and the real estate woman was wearing one and I was so impressed. Years later, when I could afford to buy a good watch, Tag was not even a thought. It is nice to see them going back to their roots.
Thanks for sharing your passion and thoughts with us!
I have the blue one, date at 6:00. I adore it. Fine review! Thanks
Thanks for sharing our passion… may your Carrera continue to always show you happy seconds, minutes and hours…
Opening the dial up to the bezel was a brilliant move! It gives the Carrera Chronograph a refreshed and modern look without losing its design language. I would definitely go for the blue dial version.
Super presentation, very informative and as detailed as always! I really love the look of the new watches and I’m actually very keen to go try these on.
Another excellent release from Tag
Really appreciate your in-depth reviews (especially here with the extended interview, context, etc).
Love your comment, thanks for sharing!
Great video and I completely agree that these models would be so much cooler if just branded Heuer which is also what makes the 60th Anniversary Edition so cool.
Credit to Tag Heuer on these releases - excellent watches.
Great video Alexander 👏🏼👏🏼
And chapeau to TH for releasing some of their best pieces in years.
Well they can if they want… 😜
What a fantastic video, I love hearing the history side of any business and Heuer’s is so rich and interesting. Lovely watches too and the Carrera is the pick for me. 👌
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and passion with us!
7:33 WOW the old one is just stunning
Great review and camera work, WA! Tag Heuer are smashing it! Beautifully executed in every way. Love that the choice is simple: blue or black - either choice you can’t lose.
I don’t understand some of the complaints about its thickness. It’s an in-house chronograph with sapphire back with 100m water resistance. It really isn’t that thick at all. I agree with your sentiments on having just the Heuer logo. I’ve nothing against Tag - I’m just a gluten for Heuer heritage!
TAG Heuer knocked these out of the park! Design is amazing. I think the price is a little high, but I think that of most brands these days
Stunning 😍
l pick up a Heuer Monaco Calbrie 11 Steve McQueen blue dail from local AD and l love it ❤ Heuer watches are for real collectors
I fully agree! Thanks for sharing!
Incredible
What a great history lesson and beautiful new Carrera model, perfectly sized.Tag Heuer is second to none with their Chronograph legacy and history.I was wondering if Tag Heuer could somehow launch a separate " Heuer" brand like what Seiko did with Grand Seiko.I think the word "Tag" might give pause to the watch enthusiast collector crowd with Quartz and connected watch connotations.I think they would right up there with Omega and Rolex in the chronograph space.Great video !!
great chrono watch!
Thanks for sharing !
I really enjoyed this video, thank you. Blue or black, I just cannot decide (but I do wish it was just Heuer displayed on the dial!)
Loved this review mate. Been in between the blue and black for a few weeks but think the blue swayed it for me, this review helped. Appreciate the video. Cheers. I’ll wear the watch in good faith.
Thanks for your feedback! Please share some more thoughts with us once you have your "Carrera"! Will be my choice as well... will later this year buy me the blue one too...
@@WatchAdvisor picked it up earlier today! Super comfortable on the wrist an elegant yet somewhat contemporary dial. Your video helped, I told the lady in TAG that also 🤣. She says thanks.
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I still have my 1st watch . I was new as was the watch. I could have bought the Tri-Compax at Zales with my entire 2 week pay check but Zales Jewelers in New Orleans wanted $95.00 for that one and all I got paid was $75.00 so I bought a Bi-Compax Baylor watch instead. It has a bi-directional friction bezel….a world timer. Baylor was the Zales brand name for Heuer chronographs. I was 15 and sure I would become a pilot one day. Made it to 40, had the mid-life thing and went on to become a SAR Pilot for a Texas squadron of CAP. Funny world. I am looking for my grail as I come into 70. This Heuer is looking goooooood! Great vid! Thanks
Thanks for sharing this wonderful story with us! This is what I like about watches and collecting watches… each of them tells its story… love it! I have a Speedmaster, the first “real” watch I bought for my own money… I look at it and it starts telling me a story… so wonderful… you made my day… greetings from Vienna, where we expect a beautiful summer day…
The black dial is nice
Fantastic watches - the LE is absolutely stunning, IMO the best chronograph design ever and thoughtfully updated. The new Carrera Refs are great too, my preference is for the black dial. Interesting choice for the date to move to 12, but I think it works. Just. Great to see TH on the comeback. I do prefer 'Heuer,' but if 'TAG Heuer' watches are beautiful, then I'm not too worried - 'TAG' saved the brand and is a legitimate part of their heritage. But maybe not a rebrand to LVMH/TAG/Heuer!
I'd probably prefer it without a date, but the date at noon seamlessly blended into the index is so well done that I can overlook that. Perfect execution. I've been lusting over some of these Carrera limited editions for a few years, but never pulled the trigger. I still think the January released 600 limited run edition is more attractive than this, but I've wanted a reverse panda for a while, and the new movement has swayed me. Rotor wobble/loud winding always creates an impression of cheapness, honestly, and the prices were too high to justify. But this new reverse panda model... I ordered one online a few minutes ago! Now I just have to figure out what watches in my collection I can sell... 😅
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and passion with us! Well done… I will later this year buy the blue one… Please keep us posted and share some more thoughts with us once you have it…
Great video, good job. Tag is doing great, i wish ....it could be thinner.
Not sure if you have tried it on. Wears great on my wrist.
These watch brands are now killing it. I tried the blue one on this week and the pain of not being able to have it is killing me😂😂.
The thing that holds my back with the blue glass box and the burgundy speedy 57 is the price. They’re well and truly going above my spending limit 😢😢
We love your passion, thanks for sharing! We keep our fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Finally they offer smaller sized Carrera chronographs! The blue one looks stunning
Yet another step forward for Tag Heuer. The company knows very well how to mix their heritage with modernity and proves once again Tag Heuer haters have no idea what they are talking about. I'll go one further: I'm actually glad these new models are put on the market labeled "Tag Heuer" instead of only "Heuer". After all, without TAG coming to the rescue the company would most likely no longer exist, so Tag is forever an important part of the company's history. Besides, the Tag label perfectly links to the avant garde attitude, which is in my opinion one of the strong points of the brand: instead of just rehashing the design of vintage pieces, Tag Heuer almost always manages to add significant modernity to their models. So, well done Tag Heuer and wear your badge loud and proud!
What heritage? Heuer and Tag Heuer are two different companies. Tag are a joke for a reason, they hugely overprice for bad quartz movements or claim a movement is in-house when they didn't even make the movement at all.
@@garyboyle695 Tag bought Heuer and later LVMH bought Tag Heuer, so no, it's the same company which has changed hands a couple of times. I don't see why just putting "Heuer" on their current watches instead of "Tag Heuer" all of a sudden makes exactly the same watch so much better. And what is "overpriced"? Clearly people are buying those quartz movements in huge numbers. So what do you expect? That Tag Heuer lowers its profit margin just because you and "the watch community" (which is only an insignificant percentage of the market Tag Heuer is aiming at) think they are "overpriced"? Would I buy one of their quartz watches myself? No, because I also think they are way too expensive, but I just don't buy them and I don't think the company is "a joke" or hate them or dismiss all their watches out of hand for it. And that Seiko/in house story is getting rather old now. It's 2023 and the company is moving forward, certainly with their Carrera, Monaco and Autavia ranges. That is what counts for me.
Stunner. Such a great design that Grand Seiko decided to release a look alike lol
And to answer your question, the BLUE would def be my choice! It looks great on the hosts wrist so I can see why he wants to add it to his collection. If only I had a bigger watch budget, then I would add the blue 60th Ann Carerra, as well. Oh well, maybe one day…
I keep my fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Love the black one with 12 o'clock date. But is it really ideal to have the date at 12 on a chronograph? Would have been perfect with panorama date, though ;)
As to the choice between black or blue... that's a really hard one. Best would be to get both 🙂 However, if pressed (or having a lack of funds) I think I would go for the black one. I like blue dials very much, but on this particular black dial I like the fact that the date window does not interfere with the small seconds dial.
Good point with the date at "12"!!!
You are correct again, the TAG should be deleted , Heuer much cooler . Always thought TAG Heuers insignia looks terrible
This is quality, bar the TAG bit.
I hear you!
Blue one is gorgeous
Yesssssssss!
I was lucky to get the 🐼 600 limited. I paid 3 months in advance. I absolutely love it and like the anniversary box. It’s my main dress watch vs my Rolexes 😃. I just wished it’s a bit thinner, but it’s still ok.
Congratulations, thanks for sharing! May your HEUER continue to always show you happy seconds, minutes and hours…
Black reverse panda was for me. Different. Have had some great conversations with other watch enthusiasts. Carrera Race history and Carrera watch history. Tag Heuer keep it up.
Love your comment, thanks for sharing!
Just picked one up!
@@ChinmoyLad Congratulations! Bravo! It may always show you happy seconds, minutes and hours...
Congrats! It’s a pretty awesome watch!
many thanks
Which one is your favorite?
@@WatchAdvisor the blue one with blue strap, the TagHeur Boutique is not far away from my workplace in Geneva, i will have a look at it !
This watch was looking fantastic, and I love the design. But I haven't seen much information on the thickness, and it's the first time I'm hearing hear that it's 14.7mm. That is a bummer, as it might defeat a lot of the great things on this watch. Similar to Breitling B09, which looked great, but was just too thick.
I have the 42mm blue version of the carrera that came out in 2020. However, I really like the blue 39mm. Just wish it came on a stainless bracelet. Also a little concerned with the lug-to-lug being under 46mm. I've got a pretty flat wrist that does better with longer lug-to-lug distances. Great review!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! May your Carrera continue to always show you happy seconds, minutes and hours…
hi my ad fitted a stainless bracelet for me as i had the same question! looks great.
Alexander, at this rate you will have your own Band....The Blue Brothers
very impressive watch and fairly price at 6.6k if I am not wrong. but 14.7mm thick for a simple chrono movement could be a deal breaker for many!
The 60th anniversary is 14.7mm thick - the two new glassbox 39mm are 14.2mm thick - 13.6 if you don't count the crystal as that adds significant height without increasing how thick the watch "feels"
I’ll take the blue one
This is a terrific modern interpretation of a classic design; if only the current Autavia chronographs were half as good!
Great looking watch and really nice video. Regarding the name logo, if the company is drawing from its distant heritage then it would have been more genuine to just call it Heuer instead of Tag Heuer.
Hi, i found a 2017 autavia chrono discounted for 40%, can you recommend that watch to this date? Or i will get the glassbox.
It is impossible to say anything about a watch without having seen it in real … SORRY!
Tag has made quality and sharp looking cases, faces, bracelets and hands for a while. The issue has been the movements which have been base level ETA/Sellita movements which they have used in the recent past. I think they have been getting better with their newer movements and would like to see them continue to improve in this area. I own an Aquaracer and it’s fit and finish is as good as my Breitling and Omega and it looks nicer. The only issue is that terrible movement.
Im actually interested in owning a 300m aquaracer. The one with 6 oclock date window. Would you advise against it? How good/ bad is the timekeeping of the movement? Thanks for your info. 😊
Fantastic review but the volume need to be 2x higher.The watch MUST be under 14m thick but is close not as bad as wearing a Tudor brick on your wrist.The dial is bad because on this classic watch it shouldn't say Tag on the dial just Heuer Carerra .One of the better reviews I have seen.Again the thickness is a deal breaker for many people.
Thanks for sharing your passion with us and your feedback!
Is it normal for the chronograph minute hand to move to the next minute before the chronograph seconds hand reaches 60 seconds?
Where exactly did you see this?
@WatchAdvisor at 14 minutes 16 seconds of this video. I don't know if it is due to the angle of the watch that created that illusion, or is it really what I saw.
Is this beautiful museum available for the public to visit ?
Yes, it is…
Is it safe to let the chrono hand run continuously all day? How would it effect the power reserve? Would doing so risk wearing down the gears or increasing the chance of damage from being banged around?
There is no risk at all just a little bit less power reserve…
@@WatchAdvisor thanks!
I love a reverse panda.
The only thing I don’t like the position of the date … the rest is super cool
It’s a pity that LVMH doesn’t have the berries to drop the TAG branding. Frankly, punters in other ‘sales territories ‘ need to get with the programme: ie. TAG is a financial holding company. It’s not a historical brand founded in watch making, technology or engineering or even a supplier of luxury products like LVMH itself. Scrap the TAG altogether and educate your customer base, LVMH !
Well said! Thanks for sharing… Just one thing you still should underestimate meanwhile: in the US (a major sales territory) the brand is widely only known as “TAG”
8:00 Carrera 60th Anniversary
Is this your favorite?
love the black dial one, top date position is a bit weird maybe should just remove the date like the vintage one 6:44
Interesting enough - as stated in several comments - many like the date at “12”…
I don't like the date at 12, so i have to buy the one with the blue dial!
I’ll go for the same … as mentioned in the video…
Just wondering what your thoughts are about the date window at 12 o’clock on the reverse panda version? Does the chrono hand sitting over the date bother you?
I just bought the reverse panda. The date at 12 is fine. Legible. I own a date just with the cyclops and the date is harder to read.
Why all the hate about Tag Heuer. In Europe it's a great brand.
I don’t see any hate, but lots of HEUER lovers… 😉
I’m in the US and just bought this beautiful watch. To many sheep in the US. “good is good!” This watch killed it size, movement and style.
@@LouisMorales-zx3jm Thanks for sharing your passion with us! May your Carrera always show you happy seconds, minutes and hours…
Hi Alexander, Sound level of your mic is very low, it is very hard to hear your voice. Thanks for your great effort .
Sorry about that, but I can’t follow you on that one…
@@WatchAdvisor No worries just to let you know for the next shots. Take care.
I love the black dial , but I why the date at 12 tag whyyy ?
It's because it's a call back to the first Carrera models with dates in the 60s. The Carrera 45 Dato had a 12 o'clock date window.
Thanks for answering!
Looks very cool and it’s legible. Walked in for the blue and walked out with the black.
Nice design but 39mm only is too small really for me, an alternate 42 option would look amazing.
The ideal watch size for me is > 40 mm… I hear you 😉
Fix the mike volume guys, it's so low.
Thanks for letting us know!
Also agree with only "Heuer" on these historical pieces.
At least if Heuer was at the top of the Shield, and Tag at the bottom it would make more sense, and Heuer would be readable. As it sits, TAG is only visible and the Heuer name is unreadable.
Also, the strap thickness and deployant clasp is too large and shiny. It should fit and finish much more like the 60th anneversary.....would look more appropriate.
Wonderful watch though. I need to get out and find one to try on.
Thanks for sharing, please keep us posted…
Got out to try the glassboxes and the dato on. Man these are small. I know 39mm is popular, but I was ready to buy till I saw it on my 7 inch wrist. (And the originals are what 36?).
Maybe in the future, but not a right now buy.
Rich Heuer's heritage is the reason why I would never buy a watch with TAG on it's dial.
From time to time they issue one without TAG…
14.7mm thick. just when i thought that i. find my next watch, i see a deal-breaker flaw. way too thick.
The way the case is conceived ... the thickness of the calibre... all this adds thickness... still you must try the Carrera on your wrist... only then you will know...
15mm thick! 😂
We love it T H I C C
The watch is way to thick, so it doesn't wear wel as a daily.
@@S-A-M.not at all, I own both and the Heure is much slimmer. I mean the 60th anniversary panda. Not sure about the new T20 movement.
Wears great on my wrist. Try it on one day and you will see it wears great.
I like the black dial but without the word “tag” would be even greater
Thank you for the review. Despite all the hype TAG still looks 70s to me. Same old racing story. Those old photos. All recycled history. I wish TAG could do better!
Of course they could better… e.g. by bringing a luxury collection called simply HEUER
IT'S FUNNY TAG Heuer has a museum of their watches but they have absolutely nothing to show as a "MUSEUM" worthy. Unlike the OMEGA museum who not only has the first THOUSANDTH of a second and the first MILLIONTH of a second accurate watches, but they also have the almost entirely collection of watches that have been to THE MOON (except for one BULOVA who visited the MOON in 1975), the entire OLYMPICS official watches collection authorized and certified by the INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE since 1932 and the Presidential JFK watch: the one JFK was wearing when he was murdered and time stood still for the first time on our entire planet Earth because of a MAN-MADE-INCIDENT.
What moves you to this harsh criticism?
@@WatchAdvisorOmega fan boing
@@Crotch_Goblin1 Maybe, yes!
@@WatchAdvisor Definitely 😂😁
Yet you watched this video! LOL
I don't watch any videos of anything that doesn't interest me. My time is too valuable to me! BTW, I own four TAG Heuers. Two Grand Carreras, one Carrera and one Link quartz with a mother of pearl dial. Love them all!
I think Longines looks and feel so much premium!!
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FFS, 2023 and you guys still can't get audio levels right... annoying
Some always have to have something to gripe about … 37.871 views, 111 comments posted… No one mentioned anything similar so far… Well??? Never mind!
dude, it's free content, get over yourself
free? that's what poor people think. you watch ads? that's paying for content and it's. a poor person's tax. Many pay for youtube premium. so not free. and it you use ad blockers you are paying in ways that you have no idea.@@GillesSimonify
I'm totally in love with this machine. It's my favourite chrono so far I've seen. I'd go for the black version. Pity it doesn't exist a cheaper quartz version. Yes it's a blasphemy but after all I like precision and I need a chrono. I don't understand why but it's almost impossible finding a chrono inside 40mm with quartz movement that doesn't have that stupid 24h subdial.
Safe some additional money and go for the real one 😜