Celebrating a major milestone like a 160th birthday requires some introspection. The new Carrera Chronograph traces the original Carrera's journey rather than re-treads familiar territory
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There’s something about a birthday. It’s your day, you’re feeling special, it’s also a time for grown-up reflection: Who is this “you” that’s being celebrated" Celebrating a major milestone like a 160th birthday requires some introspection. TAG Heuer’s approach to such a momentous occasion heralds the arrival of a new flagship for its new era: the new 2020 Carrera Chronograph walks in the footsteps, but never re-treads the journey of young Jack Heuer and his inspired leap with Heuer Carreras in the 1960s. For veteran collectors with a passing recollection of vintage Heuer Carreras, the aesthetics are similar enough to pass, at least from a glance, as hereditary descendants of the original but for newcomers, it’s a great chance to understand the origins of the “OG” Carrera as well as see how the model developed over the decades. Suffice it to say, the new 2020 TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph is a product of its age – sufficiently modern, reflecting its contemporary aesthetics while remaining remarkably respectful of its heritage that it doesn’t come across to cynics as “yet another re-issue”...