Comments on: Review: Carrera 40th Anniversary Jack Heuer Edition

By: Jed

Jed — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:16:55 +0000

Thanks for your reply, Mark. I think that you’re right about people wanting to see running seconds and that is a pretty sweet Carrera, even if it is powered by the 7734 like every other manual wind date chrono in the 70′s. I just wish Tag Heuer would be more careful about its re-editions. I own an Autavia 1163V and when it’s going, the jumping minutes and hours are very cool to see in action, as well as being useful. In my opinion, that trumps any “sleepiness” when the chrono is disengaged.

Love your website and keep up the good fight,

Jed

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:06:05 +0000

Good points Jed. I think the reason was because people aren’t used to a “sleepy” dial any more and want the reassurance of a running second hand. To be fair, there was good precedent:

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By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:36:27 +0000

This is a great looking watch and you have done it justice with a nice writeup. the problem I have with this watch, as well as the Silverstone re-edition is the fact that it has only minutes and small seconds. The original Calibre 11 and 12 had an hour recorder. I can’t even time an event longer than 30 minutes with this one. In addition to the automatic winding, this is really what make these watches useful. A two register chrono with only minutes and small seconds puts it into a cheaper class for me.

They either did it because of the limitations of the movement they were working with, or because some people like to have something moving when the chrono is not engaged, or because people who buy these watches don’t use them for practical purposes. There are a great deal of watches with the Valjoux 7733 and 7734 floating around for under $1000. I think TAG Heuer could have separated themselves from that crowd, made the value of the watch somewhat commensurate with the price and honored the Chrono-Matic and the idea of a long-distance rally timer more faithfully if they had given it an hour recorder.

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By: DC

DC — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:00:05 +0000

Nice Thomas- hard to beat the original, especially when its a wedding present.

By: Thomas Horrall

Thomas Horrall — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:31:34 +0000

Oops, should have said the original Heuer Carrera 1153S.

By: Thomas Horrall

Thomas Horrall — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:25:46 +0000

I received the ’64 Limited Edition as a wedding present from my wife in ’68. I just had a factory service and refinish after 43 years of faithful service. Beautiful – looks and works like new. Nothing else compares.

By: DC

DC — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:56:08 +0000

Yes, the prices on these have been strong over the last 12 months- certainly on the rise

By: humanomaly

humanomaly — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:03:54 +0000

Funny, I have over 20 Tag watches, some rolexes, a Panerai…..out of all my limited edition Tags…I sold this one to a nephew, from the look of it, it seems that this will probably be worth more return than any of my other “limited” release Tags, which is mainly what I buy.

By: Shauno

Shauno — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:23:52 +0000

Paul/Jason – I’ve got both my Carrera’s on a Di-Modell Rallye strap – it’s waterproof, not too thick, and matches really well.

The only downside is it’s got a double-tang buckle, so you can’t use the original Tag Heuer buckle.