CBS2212.FC6535) has it at the more conservative 6 o’clock position. CBS2210.FC6534) has the date window at 12 o’clock, whereas the blue version (ref. But there’s more to it! The reverse panda version (ref. Two dial options for the Carrera Chronograph GlassboxĪs you can see in the pictures above, the TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox comes in two different versions - one with a reverse panda dial and one with a blue dial. It provides an incredibly nice 3D effect and therefore creates a lot of depth on the dial.
On the new TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox, you will find the tachymeter on the outside of the curved flange under the crystal. Putting the tachymeter scale onto the tension ring rather than an external bezel - in contrast to the Speedmaster from 1957 or Daytona from 1963 - was one of Jack Heuer’s design decisions.
However, it was also a very elegant watch, or at least today we’d look at it as such. 2447 was a tool watch by birth, intended for race car and rally drivers, for example. Furthermore, they have a beautiful domed sapphire crystal shaped just like the Plexiglass crystals on the vintage models. These new two contemporary Carrera Chronograph Glassbox models hit the sweet spot with a 39mm diameter. And now, 60 years later, the Carrera is still true to that first model that Heuer designed. It was actually a young Jack Heuer who came up with the design and the name for this watch. Together with another iconic chronograph, the Rolex Daytona, it debuted back in 1963. Ask a watch enthusiast to name some iconic chronographs, and the Heuer Carrera will likely be one of them.
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