TAG Heuer CARRERA HEUER-01 – Full Black Matt Ceramic

Totally black and totally matt, TAG Heuer is unveiling its very first proprietary men’s chronograph made entirely from ceramic, including the bracelet.

Presented for the first time two years ago at Baselworld, the Carrera HEUER-01 is THE signature Chrono model from the TAG Heuer manufacture. In 2015, the watch formed the cornerstone of a burgeoning new collection, with a new design, a new HEUER-01 in-house caliber, and a new modular case design with 12 different elements enabling multiple combinations of materials and colors.

For this 2017 version, the sleek chronograph — the brand’s current best-seller — has been entirely produced using matt black ceramic. The case, bezel, lugs and case middle (all the parts exposed to friction) are made from black ceramic. This material offers unparalleled scratch-resistance. It presents a micro-blasted finish for a flawless deep black design. Technically, to guarantee perfect water resistance to 100 meters, steel is always present on all the functional parts of the watch (inner box section, screw-down case back, push-pieces etc.) to enable the gaskets (crystal gasket, case-back gaskets, push-piece gaskets and crown tube) to fulfill their function.

The watch is sleeker than ever, with a more contemporary look, and the ceramic bracelet with its H-shaped links and matt finishes is a pleasure to wear. In fact ceramic seems the perfect material for the watch industry. It is incredibly hard — yet soft to the touch — and highly scratch-resistant (a key quality in a watch). It keeps its original color, fresh as the day it was made, and does not oxidize. It is hypoallergenic (also very important if you wear your watch for 10 to 12 hours a day) and is lighter than steel.

Having benefited from five years of continuous improvement and optimization, the HEUER-01 caliber has attained a very high level of quality while its production costs have been carefully managed, making it the only 45 mm Manufacture-made Chronograph using this type of material available for between 5000 and 7000 CHF, depending on the version.

Technical details

References: CAR2A91.BH0742: ceramic bracelet / CAR2A91.FT6071: rubber strap

Movement: TAG Heuer Calibre HEUER-01, Manufacture movement

Automatic chronograph

Visible, skeleton date disc with window at 3:30

Red column wheel, skeleton weight and chronograph bridge

50-hour power reserve

Case: Diameter 45 mm

Modular ceramic case with alternating finishes:

• Lugs in micro-blasted ceramic with brushed and sand-blasted titanium tips
• Micro-blasted black ceramic case middle
• Black ceramic bezel with grey tachymeter scale
• Sapphire case-back made from satin-finished steel, coated in satin-finished black titanium carbide

Domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating

Chronograph push-buttons made from steel coated in black titanium carbide

Ridged crown in rubber and steel, coated with black titanium carbide

Dial: Skeleton dial made from black ceramic with 3 counters:

• Chronograph minute counter at 12 o’clock with black snailed ring
• Chronograph hour counter at 6 o’clock with black snailed ring
• Small second counter with black snailed ring at 9 o’clock

Satin-finished, polished, hand-applied indices with luminescent black markers

Black, skeletonised, brushed movement upper bridge

Polished and sand-blasted hour and minute hands with luminescent black markers

Black polished chronograph hands

Black polished small second hand

“CARRERA HEUER 01” and “CHRONOGRAPH” in grey letters, and “AUTOMATIC” inscribed on the dial

Hand-applied TAG Heuer logo

Water-resistance: 100 meters

Bracelet: H-shaped ceramic bracelet. Folding buckle in steel, coated with black titanium carbide, with double push-piece safety mechanism.

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