CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronographe
CAR2012.BA0796
| Brand : | TAG Heuer |
| Collection : | CARRERA |
| Model : | CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronographe |
| Reference : | CAR2012.BA0796 |
| Complement : | Steel - Steel Bracelet |
| Year : | 2012 |
| Is not commercialised any more | |
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Brand : TAG Heuer Collection : CARRERA Model : CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronographe Reference : CAR2012.BA0796 Complement : Steel - Steel Bracelet Year : 2012 Is not commercialised any more List Price : 4 300 € Diameter : 43 mm Styles : Sporty Classical Types : Self-winding Calibre : TAG Heuer Calibre 1887 Complication : Small Seconds 12-Hour Counter 30-Minute Counter Chronograph Case material : Polished steel Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Shape : Round Water-resistance : 100 meters Dial : Azure Dial color : Silver Display : Black hands Pink gold-plated hands Indexes : Arabic numerals Rose gold colored Glass : Domed Sapphire Antireflective coating Strap material : Steel Strap clasp : Folding buckle + More characteristics : Case
Scratch-resistant curved sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment
Polished bezel
Polished crown and push-buttons
Dial
Protruded & polished rose-gold-colored TAG Heuer logo
Minuterie on the flange
Chronograph counters with “azurage” at 12 and 6 o’clock
Protruded polished rose-gold-colored arabic numerals
Polished rose gold plated hands
Steel folding clasp with safety push buttons
DESCRIPTION
- CARRERA – New Collection 2012
SPEED, EMOTION, PRESTIGE
In 1963, Jack W. Heuer, the son of Charles-Edouard Heuer, started to work on a new chronograph specifically designed for drivers and motor-racing enthusiasts. A life-long fan of the sport himself, he knew what was needed: a wide-open, easy-to-read dial with a shock- resistant and waterproof case tough enough for road wear. The following year he launched the result, a mechanical, manual-wound chronograph called the Carrera. For the name, he reached back to a racing legend from the 1950s, the Carrera Pan Americana, a five-day, 3,300 kilometers (2,100 mile) race across Mexico. The most prestigious — and dangerous — endurance race of its day, the Carerra, which in Spanish means “competition of the highest order” remains synonymous with excitement, danger, adventure, and heroism.
WHEN LEGACY MEETS LUXURY
It was the perfect name for Jack’s most ambitious creation to date. The elegant simplicity, purity and sobriety of the optimized dial design made the Carrera a huge success and launched a golden era of creativity and innovation for the Heuer brand. Among their first wearers were every Ferrari Scuderia driver — legends like Carlos Reutemann, Clay Regazzoni, Jacky Ickx, Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti, Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter. Other 70s greats also wore the watch, including Jo Siffert, Ronnie Peterson, Emerson Fittipaldi, Denis Hulme and John Surtees. Jack W. Heuer’s all-time favorite watch, the extremely rare Carrera 18ct Gold, dates from this era.
THE CARRERA MAN
The men who wear the CARRERA CALIBRE 1887, like Leonardo DiCaprio, have no reason to show off. They know who they are and what they want. They epitomize class and elegance, which comes naturally. Effortlessly. Masters of the fastest pace, they never rush. They take their time. They control every moment.
CALIBRE 1887
New editions and innovations continued through the 1990s and into the 21st century. Motor racing will always be the inspiration of the Carrera, but watchmaking savoir-faire drives it forward. The most recent example of its avant-garde position is the Carrera Calibre 1887 Chronograph, TAG Heuer’s first high-volume fully integrated column-wheel chronograph movement produced in-house featuring 50-hour power reserve, vibrating 28’800 times per hour and made of 320 components. It won the “La Petite Aiguille” 2010 Best Watch of the Year Award at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie de Genève.
CARRERA CALIBRE 1887 CHRONOGRAPH 43 mm
The matching anthracite-coloured dial and alligator strap grab the eyes, but what really holds
attention is the simple, clean lines and the broad, uncluttered dial. The precision craftsmanship and attention to detail becomes clearer on second glance.
The most elegant expression of the CARRERA legacy yet. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Carrera. Black dial, fully loaded chronograph functionality, timelessly elegant dial and case design..
Elegant and modern, yet faithful to the timeless codes of Swiss luxury watchmaking, its elegantly minimal design conceals one of TAG Heuer’s proudest and most powerful interpretation.
- CARRERA – New Collection 2012
SPEED, EMOTION, PRESTIGE
In 1963, Jack W. Heuer, the son of Charles-Edouard Heuer, started to work on a new chronograph specifically designed for drivers and motor-racing enthusiasts. A life-long fan of the sport himself, he knew what was needed: a wide-open, easy-to-read dial with a shock- resistant and waterproof case tough enough for road wear. The following year he launched the result, a mechanical, manual-wound chronograph called the Carrera. For the name, he reached back to a racing legend from the 1950s, the Carrera Pan Americana, a five-day, 3,300 kilometers (2,100 mile) race across Mexico. The most prestigious — and dangerous — endurance race of its day, the Carerra, which in Spanish means “competition of the highest order” remains synonymous with excitement, danger, adventure, and heroism.
WHEN LEGACY MEETS LUXURY
It was the perfect name for Jack’s most ambitious creation to date. The elegant simplicity, purity and sobriety of the optimized dial design made the Carrera a huge success and launched a golden era of creativity and innovation for the Heuer brand. Among their first wearers were every Ferrari Scuderia driver — legends like Carlos Reutemann, Clay Regazzoni, Jacky Ickx, Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti, Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter. Other 70s greats also wore the watch, including Jo Siffert, Ronnie Peterson, Emerson Fittipaldi, Denis Hulme and John Surtees. Jack W. Heuer’s all-time favorite watch, the extremely rare Carrera 18ct Gold, dates from this era.
THE CARRERA MAN
The men who wear the CARRERA CALIBRE 1887, like Leonardo DiCaprio, have no reason to show off. They know who they are and what they want. They epitomize class and elegance, which comes naturally. Effortlessly. Masters of the fastest pace, they never rush. They take their time. They control every moment.
CALIBRE 1887
New editions and innovations continued through the 1990s and into the 21st century. Motor racing will always be the inspiration of the Carrera, but watchmaking savoir-faire drives it forward. The most recent example of its avant-garde position is the Carrera Calibre 1887 Chronograph, TAG Heuer’s first high-volume fully integrated column-wheel chronograph movement produced in-house featuring 50-hour power reserve, vibrating 28’800 times per hour and made of 320 components. It won the “La Petite Aiguille” 2010 Best Watch of the Year Award at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie de Genève.
CARRERA CALIBRE 1887 CHRONOGRAPH 43 mm
The matching anthracite-coloured dial and alligator strap grab the eyes, but what really holds
attention is the simple, clean lines and the broad, uncluttered dial. The precision craftsmanship and attention to detail becomes clearer on second glance.
The most elegant expression of the CARRERA legacy yet. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Carrera. Black dial, fully loaded chronograph functionality, timelessly elegant dial and case design..
Elegant and modern, yet faithful to the timeless codes of Swiss luxury watchmaking, its elegantly minimal design conceals one of TAG Heuer’s proudest and most powerful interpretation.
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Brand : TAG Heuer Collection : CARRERA Model : CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronographe Reference : CAR2012.BA0796 Complement : Steel - Steel Bracelet Year : 2012 Is not commercialised any more List Price : 4 300 € Diameter : 43 mm Styles : Sporty Classical Types : Self-winding Calibre : TAG Heuer Calibre 1887 Complication : Small Seconds 12-Hour Counter 30-Minute Counter Chronograph Case material : Polished steel Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Shape : Round Water-resistance : 100 meters Dial : Azure Dial color : Silver Display : Black hands Pink gold-plated hands Indexes : Arabic numerals Rose gold colored Glass : Domed Sapphire Antireflective coating Strap material : Steel Strap clasp : Folding buckle More characteristics : Case
Scratch-resistant curved sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment
Polished bezel
Polished crown and push-buttons
Dial
Protruded & polished rose-gold-colored TAG Heuer logo
Minuterie on the flange
Chronograph counters with “azurage” at 12 and 6 o’clock
Protruded polished rose-gold-colored arabic numerals
Polished rose gold plated hands
Steel folding clasp with safety push buttons