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The original Carrera model production was released in 1964 by the Heuer company. (The Tag Heuer brand exist from 1986, when Heuer was purchased by Tag company - Formula 1 parts manufacturer). The name of this watch was taken from Le Carrera Panamericana Rally in Mexico. Nowadays Carrera comes in three versions: the Carrera Automatic, the Carrera GMT Automatic and the Carrera Chronograph. The Tag Heuer Carrera Chronograph has got a hand-wound caliber and sports 18-karat gold case with screw down crown. Carrera as every Chronograph features the necessary push-buttons for timing functions.





The Tag Heuer Chronograph is even more than other ordinary timepieces and I think the additional functions are only to emphasize its pure and clean design. We know how much people love Tag Heuer Carrera. Latest Tag Heuer Carrera’s has a dynamic, sport performance that still remembers the racing heritage of Le Carrera Panamericana Rally. That is why the watch looks very refined and it will make a good in any kind of get up. The Tag Heuer Carrera has got a steel bracelet, and an aluminum bezel. The display, which is available in two colors, that features the sporty look of a racing car spirit.





All the Tag Heuer range of classic Carrera watches is worth checking out. So if you are thinking of spending quite an amount of money on a classic watch with racing heritage - Carrera is the best choice. Single watch can cost around $3000.

The L.U.C. Chopard Lunar One is a fantastic watch that has got the perpetual calendar mechanism with an extremely accurate orbital moonphase display. Chopard’s watchmakers have created a masterpiece of haute horlogerie in a Chopard Manufacture, the movement has got more than 354 individual pieces and got the prestigous Geneva Quality Hallmark.

Moonphase display is the most visually striking indication on the dial of this brilliant watch and it has got a rotating system of sapphire discs under subsidiary seconds display. As these sapphire discs slowing down, they are showing the phase of the moon. It appears throughout the cycle of 29.5 days. Filled with extremely precise gearing, the moonphase indicators shows an error only a 1 day after 122 years! Another feature is very readable large date, which was highlighted at the center of the dial, for the double-disc display.

For the manufacture of their house movements LUC, Chopard has created a collection of watches with a resolutely men design. These are watches powerful men - like sports celebrities, politicians and businessmen would want to wear. Watches dedicated to discerning men who are lovers of Haute Horlogerie and exclusive mechanical movements. From classical times LUC 1860 in the prestigious “Tourbillon”, LUC each watch is characterized by a balance between the technical craft, function and design. LUC watches are equipped with a COSC certified chronometer movement. Some also bear the famous “Punch Genève” quality mark or certification of the Fondation Qualité Fleurier

This watchmaking craft continues under the plate, which can opened only by a Watchmaker — he is the only witness of the characteristic movements of the highest quality. Thanks to the great microrotor made of 22K, which uses a bi-directional system with a toggle and ratchet, the Chopard LUC Lunar One quarter winds quickly to its impressive power reserve of 70 hours, achieved by means of two co-axially barrels engine operating in series.

Movement:

* Self-winding
* Diameter 33.00 (mm)
* Thickness 6.00 (mm)
* Escapement Swiss lever 20.2
* Escape-wheel device Rubifix
* Number of jewels 32 jewels
* Number of components 354
* Shock-absorbing device on the balance Incabloc
* Adjustment micrometric (regulating spring)
* Frequency 28,800 vph
* Power-reserve approx. 70 hours
* Two stacked (coaxial) barrels, Twin technology
* Angle of lift of the balance 53°
* Balance-spring Breguet
* Balance 3-armed annular
* Bridges decorated with straight côtes de Genève, gilded engravings
* COSC chronometers
* “Poinçon de Genève” quality hallmark

Functions / Display:

* Central indicator of the hours and minutes
* 24-hour indicator
* Small seconds hand at 6 o’clock
* Perpetual Calendar (day, month, leap years), large date window at 12 o’clock
* Orbital moon-phase indicator at 6 o’clock
* Stop seconds mechanism

Dial and hands:
* Silvered dial, guilloché centre in 18-carat gold (2 versions available)
* Hour-markers in 18-carat rose gold
* Dauphine hands in 18-carat rose gold, coated with superluminova for the hours and minutes
* Baton-shaped superluminova-coated small seconds hand in 18-carat gold
* Day, week, month, 24-hour and year hands in 18-carat gold