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Review TAG Heuer Carrera X Porsche RS 2.7

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Jacky Zhang
Review TAG Heuer Carrera X Porsche RS 2.7

TAG Heuer Carrera, and Porsche Carrera, are actually Carrera. They both originated from a legendary car race in the early last century, the Pan American road race Carrera Panamericana, which is known as the most dangerous road race in the world. Jack Heuer, the CEO of TAG Heuer at the time, heard about this legendary car race and realized that Carrera would be the perfect name for a new timepiece, so TAG Heuer launched the Carrera series of timepieces. stopwatch. The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, known as the ducktail model by car fans, is the first 911 to use the name of Carrera. Designers use the word Carrera to define the reliability and high performance of this racing and semi-competitive model. Since then, Carrera has become the soul of 911 models https://www.tocowatch.co/.


For this cooperation, the two parties chose the 42mm TAG Heuer Carrera series chronograph, that is, the Carrera watch with the tachymeter ring removed, as the design basis, and selected two colors from the 27 kinds of car paints in that year. , the steel model is made into a blue and white theme, and the 18K5N rose gold is red and white. In fact, there were very few opportunities to come into contact with TAG Heuer’s precious metal models before, but this time we got the real ones, we can see that the effect is still very good, the shell is polished in a large area, which enhances the sense of luxury. This side of the case is also engraved to restore the classic racing garland of the 911 Carrera model.


The crown on the other side of the watch and the upper and lower chronograph buttons are also made of 18K 5N rose gold. The brand logo is engraved on the top of the crown, and the watch is waterproof up to 100 meters, which meets the needs of daily use. The red elements dotted on the white dial are very eye-catching. This red is taken from Porsche's iconic car paint Guards Red. From the circular lines on the outer edge, to the chronograph second hand, small chronograph marks, and scales, this subtle color is used. red tint. The chronograph dial of the watch uses a layout of 3, 6, and 9, which is different from the three circular sub-dials of the original historical version. TAG Heuer has made a change, presenting the black travel time second hand indicator at 6 o'clock in a simple cross-hair style. A date display window with black background and white characters is left below. The two chronograph sub-dials are decorated with record patterns. The dial as a whole is in line with the design concept of the original watch, and it is specially designed for racers to easily and clearly distinguish the time when driving a vehicle.


TAG Heuer self-produced Heuer 02 movement, the thickness of the movement is 6.90 mm, equipped with a column wheel and vertical clutch, one-way winding, a single barrel can provide 80 hours of power storage, this movement is of excellent quality, and its The polished decoration is also very good. It can be seen at a glance through the back that TAG Heuer redesigned the oscillating weight into the shape of the Porsche 911 three-frame steering wheel. The words Porsche and TAG Heuer are also printed on the left and right sides to highlight the cooperative relationship between the two. This movement is also decorated with Geneva decoration.

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