Five years after its launch, this self-winding chronograph which features a flying tourbillon retains the same COSC-certified Heuer 02T calibre, but now sports an azure hue and a grade 2 titanium bracelet for this limited edition of 250 pieces.
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland – 22 March 2021: What is your favourite colour? Watchmaking enthusiasts most often opt for blue when answering this question. However, since its launch in 2016,the Carrera Heuer 02T had never ventured into this territory, preferring darker or golden tones. Today, TAG Heuer unveils a limited edition of 250 pieces of its tourbillon chronograph in a blue version fitted with a titanium strap. An important first for the brand’s tourbillon line!
A symbol of technology and an example of total control of industrial processes and manufacturing costs, the Carrera Heuer 02T movement features a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour and an ultra-light carbon and titanium tourbillon cage. But one of the main challenges for the La Chaux-deFonds watchmakers was to house the chronograph functions, the self-winding mechanism and the flying tourbillon in a calibre with a diameter of 31 mm. All this while ensuring an ideal distance between the subdials to give it a contemporary look.
It is the same movement that pulses in this limited edition, but this time, the watch impresses in blue, from the bridges of the tourbillon cage to the rubber that protects the crown and pusher buttons. For the first time, the Carrera Heuer 02T has a full dial with a blue sunray design creating the most beautiful effect. Even the ceramic tachymetric bezel is finished in this cerulean blue with hypnotising reflections. The oscillating mass has been given a PVD coating so as not to be out of place in this azure composition.
Fitted with a 45 mm grade 5 titanium case, this chronograph has another surprise in store. Previously sporting alligator straps sewn on black rubber, or even just soft rubber, it dares to make the switch to this new model with a grade 2 titanium bracelet. That is a first! In addition to its lightness, this material gives this Carrera Heuer 02T timepiece a sporty yet elegant look. This exceptional watch is priced at 20,500 Swiss francs.
Facts and figures:
Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T COSC
Reference CAR5A8C.BF0707
MOVEMENT
Calibre Heuer 02T COSC
CASE
45mm diameter
Titanium grade 5 polished, fine brushed case
Ceramic blue polished tachymeter fixed bezel ;
domed, beveled sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Blue rubber, titanium grade 5 standard crown at 3 o’clock
Titanium grade 5 pusher button at 2 o’clock
Titanium grade 5 pusher button at 4 o’clock
Titanium grade 5 screwed sapphire case back with special
engraving, limited numbered xxx/250
Water resistance : 100 meters
DIAL
Blue sunray brushed dial
3 counters:
– 3 o’clock : rhodium plated polished, “azurage” minute
chronograph counter ; rhodium plated polished hand
– 6 o’clock : blue tourbillon
– 9 o’clock : rhodium plated polished, “azurage” hour
chronograph counter ; rhodium plated polished hand
Rhodium plated polished applied indexes with white
Super-LumiNova©
Rhodium plated polished hour and minute hands with white
Super-LumiNova©
Rhodium plated, blue central hand
Rhodium plated, blue TAG HEUER applied logo
Carrera Heuer 02 T Chronograph Chronometer printed
STRAP
Titanium grade 2 H-shape bracelet
Titanium grade 2 and steel folding clasp with double safety
push-buttons; TAG Heuer shield
Available from March 2021
About TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer, founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, is a luxury watch brand that is part of LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton SE (“LVMH”), the world’s leading luxury group. Based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and with four production sites, TAG Heuer has 1470 employees and is active in 139 countries. TAG Heuer products are available online on www.tagheuer.com for select countries and in 160 boutiques and 3,000 points of sale worldwide. The company is headed up by Frédéric Arnault, CEO of TAG Heuer.
For 160 years, TAG Heuer has demonstrated pure avant-garde watchmaking spirit and a commitment to innovation with revolutionary technologies that have included the oscillating pinion for mechanical stopwatches in 1887, the Mikrograph in 1916, the first automatic-winding chronograph movement – Calibre 11 – in 1969 and the first luxury smartwatch in 2015. Today, the brand’s core collection consists of three iconic families designed by Jack Heuer – TAG Heuer Carrera, Monaco and Autavia – and is rounded out with the contemporary Link, Aquaracer, Formula 1 and Connected lines.
Capturing TAG Heuer’s motto, “Don’t Crack Under Pressure”, are prominent partnerships and brand ambassadors that express the brand’s passion for action and high performance.
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