TAG Heuer - 2023 Carrera Chronograph CBN2A1AA.FT6228

WHAT WE LOVE:

The Carrera Calibre 16 has been the workhorse of TAG Heuer's automatic chronograph range since the collection's revival in 2005, and the CBN2A1AA.FT6228 is the most assertive configuration it has been offered in — a 44mm black-on-black composition with red accents that reads as an unambiguous motorsport instrument rather than a restrained sport-dress chronograph. The red chronograph sub-register rings at 12 and 6 o'clock provide the motorsport accent, and the red pusher at 2 o'clock — visible in the photograph — adds a tactile colour reference that the original 1963 Heuer Carrera carried in a different form.

The black fixed ceramic bezel carries the tachymeter scale in white, and the exhibition sapphire caseback reveals the Calibre 16 movement in operation — an automatic chronograph movement that, despite being built on a modified ETA architecture, has earned a forty-year reputation for serviceability and reliability across TAG Heuer's professional sport range. The perforated black rubber strap with its folding clasp and the 44mm × 12mm case sit with considerable presence on the wrist — this is a watch that announces itself. The sapphire crystal and 100-metre water resistance complete a watch that is built for everyday sport use and looks exactly like it.

WHAT’S INSIDE:

TAG Heuer Calibre 16 — automatic chronograph, 25 jewels, 28,800 vph, 42-48-hour power reserve, three-register chronograph (30-min at 12, small seconds at 9, 12-hr at 6), day and date display.

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