Aside from not including a day of the week function, the Calibre 1887 is a pretty good movement that isn’t necessarily inherently better than the 7750, but is a pretty darn nice chronograph caliber. The combination of TAG Heuer wanting to promote “in-house made” and the lack of 7750 movements available, we think it is safe to say that most of your Carrera Chronograph models in the future will have an 1887 in them. Now TAG Heuer seems to be replacing existing Carrera designs with versions that have the 1887 in them. But then last year TAG Heuer released 41mm wide versions of the Carrera with the 1887 movement. It used to be that the 1887 equipped Carrera models were 43mm wide and the standard Carrera models were 41mm wide. What is new is the movement, and in the future I suspect all TAG Heuer Carrera models will have the Calibre 1887 versus the 16. Like I said, these particular dial designs are not new, but the slate gray sunburst dial versions are new. Each is of course 43mm wide and is all classic Carrera in design. The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887 Chronograph 43mm watch will come in four variants (bracelet or strap and two dial choices), and will be accompanied by the slightly more expensive TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887 Racing Chronograph 43mm watch that ups the ante with a black-coated titanium (versus steel) case. So what is new are some materials as well as use of the Calibre 1887 movement. We have seen it, for example here (see article). The core design of this Carrera model is not new (above model is the 0799). The watch you see before you is pretty much an example of what I am referring to.
This means that the Calibre 16 movement in most older Carrera Chronograph models will become harder to get as the Calibre 16 is more or less the ETA Valjoux 7750. Like all other non-Swatch Group brands, TAG Heuer cannot get as many ETA or even Sellita movements as they used to. One thing we know is that more and more TAG Heuer Carrera models will contain TAG Heuer’s caliber 1887 movement which is produced in-house. And by plans, I mean a redesign or refresh of the collection. We wonder if TAG Heuer has plans for the normal Carrera collection that are on the wrists of so many people. These, while cool, are clearly niche models meant for limited audiences.
To start, TAG Heuer has sprinkled out a few “concept” pieces such as the Carrera CMC Concept Chronograph watch and another bull-head style Carrera with the Jack Heuer version. Now, we have already established that 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the TAG Heuer Carrera watch collection.
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