The Carrera was not part of the first decade of the TAG Heuer company but in 1996, that changed. In 1985, TAG (Techniques d’Avant-Garde purchased the company and the watch company became TAG Heuer. In 1982, due to the tumultuous “Quartz Crisis” of the Swiss watch industry, Jack Heuer sold his company. According to OnTheDash, there were about 110 varieties of the Carrera watches made from the 1960s until the 1980s. Then quartz versions joined the lineup in the late 1970s. Heuer offered both manual and automatic versions of the Carrera simultaneously.
Because of the new movement, the chronograph pushers remained on the right side of the case but the winding crown moved to the left. It powered the first automatic Carrera chronograph (along with Heuer Autavia and Heuer Monaco chronographs too).
Heuer named their automatic chronograph movement the Calibre 11. Heuer joined forces with Breitling, Buren, and Dubois-Depraz, and together this consortium of Swiss watchmakers unveiled their automatic chronograph movement in 1969, dubbed the Chronomatic. Jack Heuer, the man behind the Carrera While early models of the Carrera ran on manual-wound mechanical movements, Heuer was an integral part of the development of the automatic chronograph caliber. Created with automobile racing in mind, the watch takes its name from a famously dangerous car race, the Carrera Panamericana. With Jack Heuer at the helm of the company, the Carrera chronograph was developed and launched in 1963. In 1962, Jack Heuer-the great-grandson of the founder-took over the company. Founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in Switzerland, Heuer the watch brand built a reputation for building precise movements and topnotch quality pocket watches as the family business was handed down from generation to generation. For this installment of our Watch of the Month series, we delve into the history of the vintage Heuer Carrera and explorer some modern iterations of the TAG Heuer Carrera.Ī Brief History of the Carrera Chronographīefore there was TAG Heuer, there was Heuer. A watch that was born in the 1960s and successfully transitioned into a modern luxury chronograph, the iconic Carrera watch continues to be a flagship model for TAG Heuer.
0 kommentar(er)
