Launched in 2015, the TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01, with its 45mm contemporary sports design and its price under 5000 CHF opened the doors to a new market.
This year, the chronograph is being unveiled with a slightly smaller diameter of 43 mm, in a choice of three versions - intense black, deep navy blue and an elegant cognac brown - each available with a choice of the straps.
The brilliance of the polished ceramic tachymeter bezel echoes the polished, satin-finished steel of the iconic 12-part modular case, water resistant to 100m . The skeleton dial – the trademark of the Heuer-01 – and the sapphire case-back reveal the beauty of the mechanism. The chronograph operating levers and the date disc are open-worked on the dial side. On the case-back, the red column wheel, the skeleton chronograph bridge and circular black PVD weight also draw the eye into the mechanism, which is equipped with a clutch with oscillating pinion and offers a 50-hour power reserve.
The blue, brown or black skeleton dial has a matching flange with 60-second scale. The rhodium-plated hour and minute hands and indices are coated with white Superluminova®. All of the movement's chrono functions are identified by the colour red, in a nod to the world of motor racing: the central seconds, the 30-minute counter, the 12-hour counter and the Start/Stop push-button.
After more than five years of continuous improvement and optimisation, the Heuer-01 Manufacture Chronograph movement now offers a very high level of quality, while its production costs have been carefully managed to make it one of the very few 100% Manufacture Chronographs available for less than 5000 CHF.
