Tag Heuer Carrera  Calibre 5 – Ref WAR201C-1 – SS – 41mm

Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 5 with round black dial and gold batons marking each hour. The window for the day and date is at 3 o’clock. At 6 o’clock is engraved “calibre 5 – Automatic”. It is a Swiss Made model. The hands are in gold with baton shape. The crown comes with the Tag logo. It is a stainless-steel back case with sapphire case back and engraved around “Swiss Made since 1860 – Automatic – 100 Meters – Carrera”. The watch has an automatic movement with calibre 5 and 25 jewels. The watch comes with a bracelet and double Tag Heuer clasp. It fits a 7.50 inches wrist.

History

The company was founded by Edouard Heuer in 1860 in opening a watch comptoir (dealership) in Saint Imier. In 1864, he moves to Bienne with a signed “E Heuer & Compagnie”. 1869, he applied for a patent for an “Independent crown-winding system”. In 1880, he is the first watch producer to start on the series production of chronographs. In 1910 Heuer creates the “doctor’s chronograph with pulsometer. In 1916 Heuer register a patent for the “Microsplit”. 1930, Heuer patented the design of waterproof case. 1949 comes the “Solunar” and the magic “Carrera” in 1963. 1964, Heuer merged with Leonidas S.A. Since 1999, the company is owned by the LVMH Group. In 2006, the “Carrera 360” took up the mantle of the “Microsplit”, a stopwatch accurate to 1/100th of a second.

Technical details

Tag Heuer automatic movement with calibre 5, 25 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The power reserve is 38 hours.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 49mm