Tag Heuer Carrera CBM2112-0 automatic with caliber 16 in stainless steel

Good condition, Tag Heuer Carrera automatic chronograph with round blue dial. There are three sub dials, at 9 o’clock for the seconds, 6 o’clock for the hours and 12 o’clock for the minutes. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The watch has a tachymeter graduated up to 400. The hands are in stainless steel with baton style. The crown has the Tag logo. It is a screw back case with engraved in the back “Tag Heuer Carrera - Swiss Made since 1860 - Sapphire Crystal - 100 meters – CBM2112-0 – WZH2142” The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 16 and 25 jewels. The watch comes with a brown strap and Tag Heuer clasp. Width between lugs is 20mm.

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

Automatic movement with caliber Tag Heuer 16 with 25 jewels, 28,800 A/h with 42 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 47mm