To add to the stealth looks, the hands, sub-dial rings and minuterie are finished in Black Gold. While the other two models offer a stainless steel case, the Racing version uses titanium-carbide coated Grade-2 Titanium case. The hero model in the Carrera Calibre 36 line-up is the Titanium Racing model. Carrera Calibre 36 Flyback Racing- CAR2B80 Titanium Like the Black dial, the Silver/ Anthracite model is also available with a Black alligator strap, or the Grand Carrera bracelet you see above. Carrera Calibre 36 Flyback- CAR2B11 Silver Dial While it’s hard to be too definitive based on press photos alone, I reckon that this will be the pick of the models, as the two colours work well together- the Black offering a more subtle contrast than the white dial. The watch is available either with the Grand Carrera “square-brick” bracelet, or a Black leather Alligator strap. There are three dials variants of the Flyback Carrera, the first being the Black/ Anthracite model above. Carrera Calibre 36 Flyback- CAR2B10 Black Dial The hands follow the current TAG Heuer trend of being Silver with Red tips- Red also being used for highlighting the “Calibre 36” and “Flyback” script on the dial.

The Titanium Racing model takes a different approach, with a black Sunburst dial, but without the contrasting outer ring.

The outer ring features double Arabic minutes, a similar style to the recently released Carrera 1887 Ceramic Bezel. The inner dial of the Carrera is a “ sunburst” Anthracite finish, with either a Black or “Silver” (Officially Silver…but White to you and me) outer ring and flange. Also like the Mikrograph, the time is read from the inner dial (hence the shorter hour and minute hands), while the outer ring is purely for reading the elapsed time of the Chronograph. This allows the registers to sit inside the inner dial while the broad outer ring adopts the style of the Heuer Mikrograph (below). To get around this problem, TAG Heuer has created a two-part dial. Using a vintage movement like the El Primero means that the position of the sub-dials and date are fixed, so despite the case and dial being larger, the movement is unchanged and so can look awkward in a larger case. When the El Primero movement was launched back in 1969, most men’s watches had a diameter around the 36-39mm mark- significantly smaller than today’s watches. The watch features the classic Carrera case in a 43mm diameter- a large size case, which in part explains the design of the dial. In fact, TAG Heuer has resisted the temptation to release any re-edition Carrera models this year. The Carrera Calibre 36 is a thoroughly modern development of the Carrera, perhaps disappointing those hoping for a retro-themed model to mark the 50th anniversary of the Carrera. The Calibre 36 also features a Flyback complication for the first time- a function that we’ll explain shortly. The new flagship Carrera’s look are a development of the 2011 Heuer Mikrograph design, with a little of the new Ceramic Bezel Carrera 1887 thrown in for good measure. This is the first time that the Carrera has featured the Calibre 36 movement- TAG Heuer’s modified version of the famous Zenith El Primero, perhaps the classic Chronograph movement, which traces its origins back to 1969. TAG Heuer’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Carrera continues with this new watch, the 2013 TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 36 Flyback.

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