Wednesday, January 14, 2015

MP4-12C Chronograph McLaren---TAG Heuer Carrera Watch

At the end of 2013, TAG Heuer pointed out the TAG Heuer Carrera MP4-12C Chronograph McLaren watch as proof of their lengthy relationship with McLaren (because apparently previously McLaren used Heuer stopwatches). By now, I do not think the watches have shipped. 

What's a little funny is the fact that McLaren has really formally stopped creating the MP4-12C vehicle - whose title is a component of the watch as well as on the particular dial. McLaren changed the MP4-12C vehicle in 2014 using the new McLaren 650S.  A minimum of the cars look a little similar.



Probably the most "Carrera" part of the watch may be the 43mm wide Carrera-style case. However, it's created in grade 2 titanium, and never steel, like the majority of other Carrera watches. Additionally, it includes a slightly different searching aluminum bezel place for that tachymeter scale. The case is sandblasted, that is how grade 2 titanium looks its best, which is water resistant to 100 meters. The TAG Heuer Carrera MP4-12C also transpires with look great in pictures.

If this involves the dial, you can observe where TAG Heuer required an overall total departure from most Carrera watches outside of the familiar font. Virtually anything else differs, along with the movement and materials used. The dial is mainly produced from a bit of carbon fibre and sapphire crystal - much being smoked.



The orange lume colored hands are legible, and also the beauty is a fairly combination of avant garde and automotive chic. Place the watch alongside an orange-colored McLaren MP4-12C plus they clearly match. It's frequently hard to include carbon fibre on the watch dial but still allow it to be look "high-end," however they could achieve this relatively well. With that said, the dial is strange enough to really make it a cult favorite versus something whatsoever mainstream.



That movement may be the Dubius-Depraz caliber 4900, and it provides a 30 minute chronograph, in addition to large date and month indicator. That means it is an annual calendar chronograph watch with a big day - something which is highly uncommon in watches such as this - and perhaps the first time known of one in a Carrera. The dial includes a semi-skeletonized consider the movement, showing the date numeral discs along with the month numeral disc (whose indicator window reaches about 4:30). 
The movement is obviously an automatic and it has about 44 hours of power reserve, running at 28,800 bph. Further, the chronograph includes a fly-back feature - which is an additional factor you actually aren't seeing on Carrera watches. In most, the watch is extremely unique, however, it features a design that does not match everyone's tastes. Connected to the case is a very nice black and orange perforated leather strap having a matching titanium fold-over deployant.

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