TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 6 Automatic WV5111

This watch is in excellent condition. There are some light scratches to the sides of the case.

Watch comes with original box, outer box, booklet, chronometer certificate and dated guarantee card.

The TAG Heuer Carrera follows on from the legacy of the original Heuer Carrera, but brings it into the 21st Century by growing the case size and using modern production techniques and materials such as ceramic on the bezel. This particular watch removes the chronograph function, but still stays true to the aesthetics of the original.

TAG HEUER

Established in 1860, Heuer has had a long history beyond its modern conception as TAG Heuer. Heuer quickly became known for mastering the chronograph, then one of the most difficult complications to design and produce due to the complexity of starting and stopping an independent timing system.

Like many other watchmakers, Heuer also ventured into precision instrument manufacture. The company produced the world's first chronograph for use in a motor vehicle in 1911, allowing the user to start, stop and reset the mechanism via the pusher embedded in the crown. The company's very first chronograph wristwatch was released in 1914, and they quickly became one of the company's specialties.

Heuer continued its success as a chronograph specialist all through the 20th Century, introducing the Autavia in 1962 which featured the first rotating bezel. It also produced one of the three contenders (the others were Zenith and Seiko) for the first automatic chronograph movement, which remarkably were all released in 1969. Heuer's new movement was cased in an unusual square-shaped case, named the Monaco.

In 1985, the company was purchased by a business group named "Techniques d’Avant Garde", and the company was reformed into TAG Heuer, initially focusing on contemporary designs but also on implementing new technologies into watchmaking.