The New TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph x fragment Limited Edition
Japanese artist Hiroshi Fujiwara (FRGMT) developed a minimalist black and white Competicion chronograph glass box.
Since its launch simply by Jack Heuer in 1963, the classic TAG Heuer Circuito chronograph has become a global sensation. To celebrate its 60th house warming, TAG Heuer revisited the particular domed acrylic crystals in the 1960s and 70s, reinterpreting them with domed sapphire crystal. This watch, called the Carrera Glassbox, features a smooth domed sapphire crystal that expands from the edge of the call to the case, giving this timepiece a retro feel although avoiding the scratches connected with old-fashioned acrylic crystals. Today, the Carrera Glassbox will be reinterpreted by FRGMT, the planning studio under Fragment, started by Hiroshi Fujiwara, typically the godfather of Japanese streetwear.
The first effort with Hiroshi Fujiwara triggered a minimalist 39mm vintage-style Carrera watch, a resounding accomplishment. In 2020, they collaborated again on the Calibre Heuer 02, inspired by the huge Autavia watches of the 1970s.
While the 3 rd collaboration with FRGMT forced the Carrera Glassbox layout to its extremes associated with minimalism, Fujiwara still taken the essence of the Carrera. This specific 100-meter water-resistant case holds classic Carrera elements, which includes vintage pump pushers, greatly angled lugs, a 15. 9mm thickness, and a ingenious combination of brushed and finished surfaces. Like other Glassbox versions, this watch gets rid of the bezel, allowing often the domed sapphire crystal to give to the edge of the case, since the curved tachymeter bezel. Looked at from certain angles, the actual Glassbox creates an interesting graphic distortion, amplifying Fujiwara's clear and flowing dial style and design.
The brought up, rounded edges of the tachymeter scale are now white, decorated with silver numerals, standing up tall atop the matte black opal dial. The 3 subdials maintain the overall structure: a running seconds palm at 6 o'clock, any 30-minute counter at several o'clock, and a 12-hour table at 9 o'clock. Still Hiroshi Fujiwara's minimalist school of thought is boldly innovated; the particular recessed black chronograph subdials abandon numerals, relying only on bar markers to say information.
Typically the sloping bezel around the face retains precise seconds/minute tattoos, but there are no utilized hour markers on the watch dial itself. Instead, rhodium-plated hour or so and minute hands are usually inlaid with white Super-LumiNova luminous coating, indicating smaller rectangular dots of greyish Super-LumiNova luminous coating. Often the date window at 10 o'clock features a beveled frame design, with the white super bolt logo of FRGMT on a black background, situated at 1 o'clock along with 11 o'clock respectively. The phrase " FRAGMENT" is imprinted at 6 o'clock around the dial. The case back furthermore displays the designer's turbo bolt logo, printed inside black on the sapphire ravenscroft above the skeletonized shield-shaped one axis, while the rotor alone is outlined in dark-colored lines. This automatic timepiece is powered by the TH20-00 movement, featuring a vertical clutch i465 black column wheel, a regularity of 28, 800 shocks per hour, and a power reserve regarding 80 hours.
This timepiece comes with a seven-row rice-shaped bracelet, previously reintroduced on the Carrera glass circumstance watch. The designer's competent touch is evident in the key link, which is coated using a black PVD coating.
Technical Specifications ~ TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH X FRAGMENT Limited Release
Case: 39 mm diameter x thirteen. 9 mm thickness back button 46 mm lug between the teeth - Stainless steel case together with brushed and polished finish rapid Bezel-less design, " a glass box" style crystal, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating surrounding the switch - Screw-down case backside with FRGMT lightning sl? logo printed on sapphire crystal - 100 meters water resistance
Call: Matte black opal call - Raised white viser with tachymeter scale in addition to silver numerals - three or more recessed black opal subdials with rhodium-plated hands instructions 60-second/minute/second scale on the exterior edge - Framed time window at 12 o'clock on a black background, FRGMT lightning bolt logo from 1 and 11 o'clock - Rectangular hour marker pens coated with grey Super-LumiNova luminous material - Rhodium-plated hour and minute palms with white SLN fluorescent coating - Lacquered middle chronograph seconds hand
Movement: TH20-00 under one building movement - Automatic rotating with integrated chronograph perform, column wheel and straight clutch - 28, 800 vibrations per hour - 80-hour power reserve - 33 jewelry - Hours, minutes, modest seconds, chronograph function (hours, minutes), date display
Bracelet: 7-row stainless beaded bracelet with cleaned and polished finish - Flip-style clasp with double basic safety pushers