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A long-time fan   of and participant in the sport, he knew exactly what was needed: a   wide-open, easy-to-read dial and a shock-resistant and waterproof case   tough enough for even the most intense road wear.<br \/><br \/>He also had in   mind the ideal inspiration: the \u201cCarrera Panamericana Mexico Road  Race\u201d,  the world\u2019s most grueling open-road endurance competition. \u201cI  first  heard about the Carrera from Pedro Rodriguez at the Twelve Hours  of  Sebring, where I was the Official Timekeeper. He and his brother  Ricardo  were two of the fastest, smartest and bravest endurance drivers  of all  time. To hear them talk of the Carrera, which our brand\u2019s  longtime  friend Juan-Manuel Fangio had\u00a0 won in 1953, but which had been  stopped  in the 1955 after a number of fatalities, made my imagination  soar. Just  the sound of the name itself - elegant, dynamic, easily  pronounced in  all languages and charged with emotion. I knew then that  my new  chronograph was the perfect tribute to this legend.\u201d<br \/><br \/>He  knew what  the look and feel of the watch should be too. Inspiration  came from a  range of innovative ideas, including many from early 60s  modernism - the  geometric purity of Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s new architecture,  for example, and  the curving, sensual lines of an Eero Saarinen  building or chair, and  the clean, uncluttered aesthetics of Pop-Art. At  the same time, the  Carrera\u2019s iconic design values are firmly rooted in  the enduring codes  of motor sports, such as the black &amp; white of  vintage dashboard  counters or the perforated leather gloves favored by  Juan-Manuel Fangio  and his contemporaries.<br \/><br \/>\u201cI was excited by the  new forms,  materials and techniques just then coming into play. We  were after  something that took advantage of these, that was just as new  and  audacious, but at the same time sober, simple and  motorsports-driven,  stripped of all ornamentation, classic and  timeless.\u201d Jack Heuer.<br \/><br \/>The  first Carrera chronograph was the  stunning black and white \u201cPanda\u201d  edition with tachymetre. An instant  must-have watch of the top racecar  drivers in Europe and America, it is  now one of the most coveted watches  among luxury watch collectors.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Then,  in 1969, the patented  Carrera Chronomatic Calibre 11, the world\u2019s  first automatic chronograph  was unveiled, changing the course of watch  design. The name - a  combination of the words \u201cChronograph\u201d and  \u201cAutomatic\u201d, is among the  most fabled in Swiss watchmaking history.  Equipped with a 12-hour and a  30-minute counter, and the famous  oscillating pinion invented by Edouard  Heuer in 1887, the chronograph  was outfitted with a special patented  excentric regulator setting and  moveable spiral block, which allowed for  very precise regulation and  the smallest error in the timing, even  under the most extreme  conditions.<br \/><br \/>During the 1970s \u201cQuartz  crisis\u201d, the Carrera not  only survived, it excelled, with a series of  popular quartz editions  that demonstrated the brand\u2019s continued  preeminence as a pioneer in the  Digital Age.<br \/><br \/>Among the star  pilots to wear a Carrera over the  next decade were Ferrari drivers  Jackie\u00a0Ickx, Clay\u00a0Regazzoni, Mario  Andretti, Carlos Reutemann and Jody  Scheckter. Every member of  Ferrari\u2019s 1970s 'scuderia', with whom Heuer  had signed on as Official  Sponsor and Timekeeper, received a solid gold  Carrera engraved with his  name and blood type.<br \/><br \/>Since, It has been  worn by every TAG Heuer  driving greats: David Coulthard, Kimi  R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Fernando Alonso,  Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Alain  Prost...  \u00a0  \u00a0  <strong><br \/><br \/>CARRERA: THE REBIRTH<\/strong><br \/><br \/>In  1996, TAG  Heuer relaunched the iconic line with the TAG Heuer Carerra  Chronograph.  The new flagship of the brand is one of the bestselling  timepiece\u2019s in  the brand\u2019s history.<br \/><br \/>In 2004, two Automatics, the  Carrera  Tachymetre (41mm) and the steel-bracelet Carrera Watch, were  added to  the roster. In 2005, the Calibre 360 Concept Chronograph, the  world\u2019s  first 1\/100th of a second mechanical chronograph, was the talk  of the  BaselWorld watch fair. The following year, in a demonstration of  TAG  Heuer\u2019s prowess at turning concepts into reality, the limited  edition  TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 360 Rose Gold, was named \u201cSport\u2019s  Watch of the  Year\u201d at the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix.<br \/><br \/>In  2010, the Carrera  was the obvious choice for a new breakthrough: the  Calibre 1887, a  chronograph movement 100% designed and assemble  in-house at TAG Heuer\u2019s  Swiss workshops. Winner of the 2010 Geneva  Grand Prix\u2019s prestigious \u201cLa  Petite Aiguille\u201d award, the movement pays  tribute to the original Heuer  oscillating pinion of 1887, one of the  brand's first patents and a major  benchmark in modern watchmaking.<br \/><br \/>In  2011, TAG Heuer added two  new standouts to the legacy: the Carrera  Heritage, a full line of  sporty, vintage-inspired Carreras, and the  groundbreaking Carrera  Mikrograph, the world\u2019s first chronograph  displaying the 1\/100th of a  second on a sweeping central hand.<br \/><br \/>In  2012, the brand launched  the TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrogirder, a  dual-assortment, ultra  high-frequency watch that beats 7.2 million  times every hour and has a  flying central chronograph hand that rotates  20 times per second. This  astounding machine - the first timepiece  ever created with neither a  balance wheel nor a hairspring, is accurate  to an unprecedented 5\/10,000  of a second. At the Geneva Watchmaking  Grand Prix ceremonies in  November 2012, it was singled out as the best  overall watch in all  categories, taking home the prestigious Aiguille  d\u2019Or, the most coveted  distinction in the global watch industry.   \u00a0   Now, to mark the 50th  year of the icon, TAG Heuer unveils its future.<br \/><br \/><strong>CARRERA 2013: THE NEXT GENERATION<\/strong><br \/><br \/>This   year\u2019s Carrera chronographs all house one of TAG Heuer\u2019s proudest   technical achievements - the in-house manufactured movement that   re-engineers one of Edouard Heuer\u2019s greatest contributions to   watchmaking:\u00a0 the oscillating pinion of 1887.<br \/><br \/><strong>THE CALIBRE 1887 MOVEMENT<\/strong><br \/>The   Calibre 1887 is an integrated column-wheel watch movement that  vibrates  28,800 times per hour and has a 50-hour power reserve. 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Reference  :	CAR2A80.FC6237
Complement :	Titanium - Alligator Strap
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• Brand  :	TAG Heuer
  Collection  :	CARRERA
  Model  :	CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronographe Racing
  Reference  :	CAR2A80.FC6237
  Complement :	Titanium - Alligator Strap
  Year :	2013
  Is not commercialised any more
  List Price :	4 900 €
  Diameter :	43 mm
  Styles :	Sporty
  Types :	Self-winding
  Calibre :	Calibre 1887
  Complication :	Tachymeter 30-Minute Counter Chronograph 12-Hour Counter Small Seconds
  Case material :	Titanium
  Case peculiarity :	Sapphire caseback Ceramic bezel
  Water-resistance :	100 meters
  Dial color :	Black
  Display :	Luminescent hands
  Indexes :	Arabic numerals
  Glass :	Sapphire Domed External and internal anti-reflective treatment
  Strap material :	Alligator leather
  Strap color :	Black
  Strap clasp :	Folding buckle
  + More characteristics :	Dial Black with 3 counters: chronograph minute at 12 o’clock chronograph hour at 6 o’clock running second at 9 o’clock Hand-applied black gold* arabic numerals Polished black gold* hour and minute hands with luminescent markers Red chronographs hands Polished black gold* running second hand Hand-applied TAG Heuer logo “CARRERA – Cal. 1887”  lettering on the dial Hand-applied black gold* date window at 3 o’clock Case Case diameter: 43mm Sandblasted Titanium Grad 2 case with black titanium carbide coating Scratch-resistant curved sapphire crystal with double anti-refective treatment Ceramic bezel with tachymeter scale Scratch resistant smoked sapphire caseback Water resistance: 100 m Bracelet Hi-tech soft touch black alligator strap with red stitching and lining Titanium Grade 2 Folding Clasp with safety push buttons

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• TAG HEUER CARRERA THE FIRST 50 YEARS
  
  CARRERA, FROM 1963 TO NOW: ACCELERATED TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN SAVOIR-FAIRE TIMELESS MOTOR-RACING PRESTIGE
  Speed, emotion, glamour: A half-century after its dramatic arrival on the motor-racing scene, the iconic CARRERA, the first sports chronograph designed specifically for professional drivers and sports-car enthusiasts, remains the standard-bearer of TAG Heuer’s unrivalled motorsports pedigree - a perfect synergy that began with Time of Trip (1911), the first car dashboard chronograph, and continues to this day through the brand’s ongoing partnerships with the best individuals and teams in driving disciplines around the world.
  
  CARRERA: THE HISTORY
  In 1963, Jack Heuer, the man responsible for some of the most groundbreaking advances in sports timekeeping, turned his attention to the specific needs of professional motor-racing drivers. A long-time fan of and participant in the sport, he knew exactly what was needed: a wide-open, easy-to-read dial and a shock-resistant and waterproof case tough enough for even the most intense road wear.
  
  He also had in mind the ideal inspiration: the “Carrera Panamericana Mexico Road Race”, the world’s most grueling open-road endurance competition. “I first heard about the Carrera from Pedro Rodriguez at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, where I was the Official Timekeeper. He and his brother Ricardo were two of the fastest, smartest and bravest endurance drivers of all time. To hear them talk of the Carrera, which our brand’s longtime friend Juan-Manuel Fangio had  won in 1953, but which had been stopped in the 1955 after a number of fatalities, made my imagination soar. Just the sound of the name itself - elegant, dynamic, easily pronounced in all languages and charged with emotion. I knew then that my new chronograph was the perfect tribute to this legend.”
  
  He knew what the look and feel of the watch should be too. Inspiration came from a range of innovative ideas, including many from early 60s modernism - the geometric purity of Oscar Niemeyer’s new architecture, for example, and the curving, sensual lines of an Eero Saarinen building or chair, and the clean, uncluttered aesthetics of Pop-Art. At the same time, the Carrera’s iconic design values are firmly rooted in the enduring codes of motor sports, such as the black & white of vintage dashboard counters or the perforated leather gloves favored by Juan-Manuel Fangio and his contemporaries.
  
  “I was excited by the new forms, materials and techniques just then coming into play. We were after something that took advantage of these, that was just as new and audacious, but at the same time sober, simple and motorsports-driven, stripped of all ornamentation, classic and timeless.” Jack Heuer.
  
  The first Carrera chronograph was the stunning black and white “Panda” edition with tachymetre. An instant must-have watch of the top racecar drivers in Europe and America, it is now one of the most coveted watches among luxury watch collectors.
   
  Then, in 1969, the patented Carrera Chronomatic Calibre 11, the world’s first automatic chronograph was unveiled, changing the course of watch design. The name - a combination of the words “Chronograph” and “Automatic”, is among the most fabled in Swiss watchmaking history. Equipped with a 12-hour and a 30-minute counter, and the famous oscillating pinion invented by Edouard Heuer in 1887, the chronograph was outfitted with a special patented excentric regulator setting and moveable spiral block, which allowed for very precise regulation and the smallest error in the timing, even under the most extreme conditions.
  
  During the 1970s “Quartz crisis”, the Carrera not only survived, it excelled, with a series of popular quartz editions that demonstrated the brand’s continued preeminence as a pioneer in the Digital Age.
  
  Among the star pilots to wear a Carrera over the next decade were Ferrari drivers Jackie Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Mario Andretti, Carlos Reutemann and Jody Scheckter. Every member of Ferrari’s 1970s 'scuderia', with whom Heuer had signed on as Official Sponsor and Timekeeper, received a solid gold Carrera engraved with his name and blood type.
  
  Since, It has been worn by every TAG Heuer driving greats: David Coulthard, Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Alain Prost...    
  
  CARRERA: THE REBIRTH
  
  In 1996, TAG Heuer relaunched the iconic line with the TAG Heuer Carerra Chronograph. The new flagship of the brand is one of the bestselling timepiece’s in the brand’s history.
  
  In 2004, two Automatics, the Carrera Tachymetre (41mm) and the steel-bracelet Carrera Watch, were added to the roster. In 2005, the Calibre 360 Concept Chronograph, the world’s first 1/100th of a second mechanical chronograph, was the talk of the BaselWorld watch fair. The following year, in a demonstration of TAG Heuer’s prowess at turning concepts into reality, the limited edition TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 360 Rose Gold, was named “Sport’s Watch of the Year” at the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix.
  
  In 2010, the Carrera was the obvious choice for a new breakthrough: the Calibre 1887, a chronograph movement 100% designed and assemble in-house at TAG Heuer’s Swiss workshops. Winner of the 2010 Geneva Grand Prix’s prestigious “La Petite Aiguille” award, the movement pays tribute to the original Heuer oscillating pinion of 1887, one of the brand's first patents and a major benchmark in modern watchmaking.
  
  In 2011, TAG Heuer added two new standouts to the legacy: the Carrera Heritage, a full line of sporty, vintage-inspired Carreras, and the groundbreaking Carrera Mikrograph, the world’s first chronograph displaying the 1/100th of a second on a sweeping central hand.
  
  In 2012, the brand launched the TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrogirder, a dual-assortment, ultra high-frequency watch that beats 7.2 million times every hour and has a flying central chronograph hand that rotates 20 times per second. This astounding machine - the first timepiece ever created with neither a balance wheel nor a hairspring, is accurate to an unprecedented 5/10,000 of a second. At the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix ceremonies in November 2012, it was singled out as the best overall watch in all categories, taking home the prestigious Aiguille d’Or, the most coveted distinction in the global watch industry.   Now, to mark the 50th year of the icon, TAG Heuer unveils its future.
  
  CARRERA 2013: THE NEXT GENERATION
  
  This year’s Carrera chronographs all house one of TAG Heuer’s proudest technical achievements - the in-house manufactured movement that re-engineers one of Edouard Heuer’s greatest contributions to watchmaking:  the oscillating pinion of 1887.
  
  THE CALIBRE 1887 MOVEMENT
  The Calibre 1887 is an integrated column-wheel watch movement that vibrates 28,800 times per hour and has a 50-hour power reserve. Among it’s 320 components, is an audaciously re-engineered version of its inspiration, the brand’s 1887-patented oscillating pinion, along with a matching blue column wheel. The oscillating pinion, patented in 1887 by Edouard Heuer, works in tandem with the column wheel, in much the same way as an automobile transmission. The column wheel, which coordinates the start, stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph hand, functions like a gearbox. The oscillating pinion works like a clutch.
  
  CARRERA CALIBRE 1887 RACING CHRONOGRAPH – 43MM An authentic racing Carrera with serious design flair. New detailing include a sandblasted black titanium case, ceramic bezel with tachymetre scale, re-engineered black folding clasp for the high-tech “soft-touch” alligator strap. The caseback, now in smoked sapphire, offers full viewing of the impressive Calibre 1887. The counter-inspired numerals are in hand-applied black gold, as is the date window. A serious contender for pole position.