Where to buy a Tag Carrera
Discussion
I'm not a snob either way really but appreciate both brand for their own reasone.
Heuer was originally set up in 1860 by Edouard Heuer who ran the company and in the 30's he produced the first of the iconic watches, the Autavia. In the 40's 50's and 60's he was responsible for creating many more of the brands iconic watches like the Carreras, Monacos, Camaro, Silverstone, Monza and the more elegant ranges like the Dato 12's etc etc.
In the 80's, Heuer was bought out by TAG or "Techniques d'Avant Garde" who had nothing to do with watch making and bought Heuer purely as a financial investment. This is what gave the new company Tagheuer, a bad reputation amongst watch lovers.
Initially Tag killed off all of the lovely ranges and started with their own new direction, but soon after in the 90's they started to realise that they had alienated their original customer base so they started to launch re-editions of their iconic watches under the Heuer logo only.
The Carrera I have is actually a 1964 Re-edition bought new in 2002, so it is really a Tag (hence me not being a snob!)
But I must say that the original watch from the 60's are a bit more special than todays watches.
HTH.
Greg
eta. It was Edouards sons who continued the company on in the 50's and 60's. Ed wasnt still running it at 120 years old
Heuer was originally set up in 1860 by Edouard Heuer who ran the company and in the 30's he produced the first of the iconic watches, the Autavia. In the 40's 50's and 60's he was responsible for creating many more of the brands iconic watches like the Carreras, Monacos, Camaro, Silverstone, Monza and the more elegant ranges like the Dato 12's etc etc.
In the 80's, Heuer was bought out by TAG or "Techniques d'Avant Garde" who had nothing to do with watch making and bought Heuer purely as a financial investment. This is what gave the new company Tagheuer, a bad reputation amongst watch lovers.
Initially Tag killed off all of the lovely ranges and started with their own new direction, but soon after in the 90's they started to realise that they had alienated their original customer base so they started to launch re-editions of their iconic watches under the Heuer logo only.
The Carrera I have is actually a 1964 Re-edition bought new in 2002, so it is really a Tag (hence me not being a snob!)
But I must say that the original watch from the 60's are a bit more special than todays watches.HTH.
Greg
eta. It was Edouards sons who continued the company on in the 50's and 60's. Ed wasnt still running it at 120 years old
Edited by Mr Noble on Friday 29th May 13:04
Quinny said:
reduced to £620 and he's open to offers, could get a bargain if you're quicktoohuge said:
Cotty said:
If its good enough for Steve McQueen then its good enough for me.
Exactly, McQueen wore a Heuer, check heuerboy.com for a great source of Heuer watches Edited by Markh on Tuesday 2nd June 20:18
Cotty said:
Markh said:
why buy a 'fake' when you can buy the original,
Why the exclamation marks round fake?Edited by Cotty on Tuesday 2nd June 21:41
Edited by Markh on Tuesday 2nd June 23:37
www.swisswatchesdirect.co.uk have the Carrera you're after for £980/1000 depending on payment method. I've never used them, but the website seems fairly respectable ...
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