Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph, with Updated Design for 2019
Still familiar, but updated with a newly shaped case and cleaner dials.
The TAG Heuer Carrera is one of the best-known watches of the industry and the modern editions are sporty, bold or can even be cool, but they don’t fly under the radar – this one, with the previous design, is a good example. The brand has, however, decided to add a new iteration with a more casual, slightly redesigned case and dial. Meet the new TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph.
The evolution of the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph is all about details and adjustments. Don’t worry, the classic Carrera features are still present: racing inspiration, angular case, bevelled lugs, flat casebands and tachymeter scale on the external bezel. This watch feels – and is – a Carrera first and foremost.
Still, in recent years, the Carrera Calibre 16 sub-collection has hosted several cool but not-so-discreet models. Take for instance this Chrono Black Titanium or this NISMO Special Edition. Recently, the brand introduced a slightly toned-down model, with a Panda dial and a more classic look. Following this path, TAG goes a few steps further this year with an even cleaner look and a redesigned case.
While still measuring 41mm in diameter, the case of the new TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph features a new shape with shorter lugs – allowing for a more compact watch on the wrist – and a combination of brushed surfaces with polished accents – the case is no longer fully polished, making it slimmer and sleeker, as well as more discreet. The bezel is still made of ceramic but no longer has a metal ring on the outer edge.
The dial of the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph has also been updated. Available in sunray brushed black or blue, it has evolved to become even more legible. The counters are now larger and more pronounced and surrounded by metallic rings. Instead of a dot of Super-LumiNova at each index, the index markers are now filled with luminescent material. Some light touches of red (on the black version) or orange (on the blue version) add a nice racing touch. Overall, the dial appears cleaner and easier to read.
Inside the case is the classic 7750-based automatic chronograph movement – in this case, displaying the date and not the day-date, like other models. The Carrera Calibre 16 is available, for each dial version, on a perforated leather strap with folding clasp or on a 3-link, brushed and polished steel bracelet.
The 2019 edition of the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph will be priced at CHF 4,200 on a leather strap and EUR 4,350 on a steel bracelet. More details and orders at www.tagheuer.com.
7 responses
Pretty watch but can get same look with the Hamilton “Intra-Matic” reissue.
This is the first Tag I’ve actually liked. Knowing how good the brand is the price is fairly reasonable too
I disagree about the price and feel it looks a lot like a Casio Edifice. I have passed on Tag every time I’ve considered one. They just don’t have the quality to back up their “luxury watch” pretensions.
I like it too, I flipped my 45mm Heuer 02 as it was too big for me. This will probably be my next purchase – much more interesting looking than the ubiquitous speedy in my opinion.
I agree I’ve always passed on the tag
By now I have collected practically every watch I wanted about 8 years ago. All affordable but respectable: Ball, Oris, Seiko diver etc. Thing is, for the longest time I have also wanted a Tag Formula 1, no doubt due to teenage memories of “successful” people wearing them in The ’80s. But The WIS in me will not allow it.
This is definitely a First World Problem!
41mm diameter…. small