ROLEX
OYSTER PERPETUAL SEA-DWELLER
AND OYSTER PERPETUAL SKY-DWELLER
THE NEW ROLEX SEA-DWELLER features a larger (43mm, increased from 40mm) case and a slightly
wider bezel. To enhance the reading of the date, it is equipped, also for the first time, with a Cyclops
lens on the crystal at 3 o’clock. Inside is now the new caliber 3235, complete with its 70-hour power
reserve, Chronergy escapement and highly anti-magnetic Parachrom hairspring. The dial bears the
name Sea-Dweller in red, a reference to the very first Sea-Dweller available commercially fifty years
ago. Price: $11,350.
FOR THE 42MM SKY-DWELLER, Rolex for the first time offers a choice of yellow Rolesor or white
Rolesor, which is Rolex’s own combination of steel and 18-karat yellow or white gold. In addition, the
dial now features rectangular index hour markers and longer hands, plus adds longer-lasting
luminescence, which Rolex calls Chromalight. Prices: $14,400 (white gold/steel) and $17,150 (yellow
gold and steel).
TAG HEUER
CARRERA
HEUER-01
TWO YEARS AFTER TAG HEUER unveiled a skeletonized Carrera Heuer-01 with an in-house chronograph
caliber and a nice price (currently $5,300), the Swiss watch company expanded the Carrera collection
at Baselworld with three slightly smaller versions of that earlier watch. In addition, one all-matte-
black ceramic model in the same 45mm size as last year’s debut is also available, boasting TAG Heuer’s
first full ceramic bracelet.
The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 43mm, with, as the name suggests, a smaller case diameter of
43mm is offered in a choice of hues: black, navy blue and cognac brown. These are not the first 43mm
Carreras with the Heuer-01 chronograph caliber inside, but they are the first 43mm models with
skeletonized cases.
The in-house column-wheel chronograph caliber Heuer-01 is here set into a modular case (also
made in-house) that retains the contemporary skeleton design of the larger models but replaces the
earlier steel tachymeter bezels with ceramic bezels. The new bezels appear to be just a bit thinner
than those on the 45mm model. The new color options, seen primarily on the new bezels, also extend
to the small seconds counter, the inner flange, the logo and the date window.
The new polished ceramic bezel nicely contrasts with the satin-finished twelve-part modular case.
Indeed, the modular nature of the case, influenced by its LVMH cousins at Hublot, allows TAG Heuer to
vary the case’s overall design.
Consider these new models as only the latest examples of how TAG Heuer can, and likely will,
continue to develop options within this contemporary Carrera collection.
As a skeletonized model, the Carrera Heuer-01 43 mm allows its chronograph operating levers and
date disc to be viewed from the dial side. The color red identifies all of the movement’s chronograph
functions, including the central seconds, the 30-minute counter, the 12-hour counter and the start/
stop pusher. Through the clear sapphire caseback the wearer can eye the red column wheel, the
skeleton chronograph bridge and circular black PVD rotor. Prices: Starting at $4,950 for the 43mm
models only. Black ceramic edition prices will be somewhat higher.
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