Carrera Calibre 36 Chronograph Flyback “Racing” (43mm)
The Racing Timepiece
At the helm of this year’s TAG Heuer Carrera rollout is one of the line’s most elegant and sporting creations to date. Housing the brand’s high-rate Calibre 36 automatic chronograph movement (named for its 36,000 beats per hour frequency), it features an authentic fly-back complication–a simple click instantly resets the chronograph to zero. Inspired by automobile racing, the function lets drivers (and aviation pilots) instantly restart and reset without stopping.
The generous case is in super-light titanium Grade 2, the same corrosive-resistant alloy used in leading-edge aerospace, automotive and architectural design. Here it is sandblasted and specially treated with a black titanium carbide coating for extra allure.
The “Racing” has an anthracite dial decorated with TAG Heuer’s signature sunray effect, with “black gold”-polished and hand-applied Arabic numerals on the external chronograph scale, and on the red-tipped chronograph and small seconds hand. The date window is a 6 o’clock and the counters–chronograph minute and running second –are at 3 and 9 o’clock. Both counters are snailed with fine-brushed appliques and polished facets. The smoked sapphire caseback provides a scratch-resistant window onto the working components of the high-precision movement beating inside.
The new strap design, inspired by motor-racing leathers and steering wheel covers, is in crafted black leather with a black perforated layer and a black titanium Grade 2 folding clasp.
The pacesetter of the new Carrera fleet, the new TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 36 Chronograph Flyback exemplifies the true “racing” values and codes of the motor-sports inspired line.
Movement
- TAG Heuer Calibre 36 – Automatic – Chronograph – Flyback – Date
Dial
Sunray anthracite dial
- Fine brushed with polished facets applied rings around counters:
– chronograph minute at 3 o’clock
– running second at 9 o’clock - Flange with tachymetre scale and 240 /120 / 80 in red
- Black gold hand applied arabic numerals on external chronograph scale
- Polished black gold hour and minute hands with luminescent markers
- Black gold with red tip on chronographs and small second hands
- Hand-applied TAG Heuer logo
- “CARRERA – CALIBRE 36 – FLYBACK – AUTOMATIC – CHRONOGRAPH” lettering on the dial
- Date window at 6 o’clock
Case
- Case diameter: 43mm
- Sandblasted Titanium Grad 2 case with black titanium carbide coating
- Scratch-resistant curved sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment
- Sandblasted Titanium bezel
- Scratch resistant sapphire caseback
- Water resistance: 100 m
Bracelet
- Black leather strap with black perforated layer
- Titanium Grade 2 Folding Clasp with safety push buttons
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