![]() This takes inspiration from early Carrera models, fitted with acrylic crystals. ![]() Now, it is time to have a closer look at the latest addition to the collection, the Carrera Glassbox, and specifically the one with a Reverse Panda dial. If you want to know more about the history of the Carrera collection, I encourage you to have a look at this article and video here. The case was 36mm in diameter and had faceted lugs, a design element still present in today’s Carrera. It had a simple dial, baton hour markers, a sloped seconds track and two- or three-register chronograph displays. Heuer Carrera 2447 Valjoux 72 Silver Dial first generation – source The Carrera collection would be launched with Reference 2447, a rather minimalistic manually wound chronograph. ![]() Naming the watch after such a prolific race was a stroke of marketing genius, one Jack Heuer would repeat with the Monaco a couple of years later. This event attracted the biggest name in racing, such as Piero Taruffi and Juan Manuel Fangio. He would name it after the grueling Carrera Panamericana, a legendary road race held in Mexico between 19. A vintage Heuer 404 Chronograph – source: Amsterdam Vintage Watches With this watch in mind, Jack Heuer, grandson of the brand’s founder Edouard Heuer set out to create a watch that was as legible as possible and integrate it with the company’s racing stopwatch legacy. A decade earlier, Heuer introduced the 404 series, a chronograph that already showed the telltale signs of what would become the Carrera. The Carrera Chronograph was first introduced in 1963, although its roots go back even further than that. ![]() And while the recently-launched Carrera Skipper might feel even cooler, we believe that this classic reversed panda edition of the TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox is the one to get, as we’ll see in our video review. What’s probably the most important launch in recent years for this icon of motorsport is the watch we’re about to review, a new automatic chronograph with a compact 39mm case and a design so original that it gave its name to the watch: Glassbox. But that’s not all the brand had to offer. This year, TAG Heuer celebrates the 60 th anniversary of its most emblematic watch, a racing chronograph known as the Carrera, and as expected, we’ve seen already special editions or commemorative models. ![]()
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