iW Magazine Summer 2019 | Page 48

Ladies JUST FOR HER TAG HEUER UPDATES CARRERA LADY ITH NEWLY CURVED LUGS, CLEANER DIALS AND ADDITIONAL FASHION-FORWARD HUES, the newest edition of TAG Heuer’s 36mm Carrera Lady now sports an even higher profile within TAG Heuer’s femi- nine offerings. Larger in diameter than other ladies’ watches offered by the La Chaux-de-Fonds-based watchmaker, the latest Carrera Lady design offers slimmer indexes and hands and a new printed seconds scale around the dial. But perhaps most notably, TAG Heuer has reshaped the watch’s date window, morphing it from square to trapezoidal. Still made with a quartz or automatic movement, the new model is available with a choice of white W mother-of-pearl, purple, blue, grey and black dial, set within a smooth or diamond-set bezel. Quartz models display a crosshatched pattern– a nod to the Carrera’s racing heritage– while automatic models feature a clear sapphire caseback. TAG Heuer now attaches the Carrera Lady’s newly curved lugs to a brushed and polished stainless-steel bracelet, a calfskin strap or an alligator leather strap with a satin finish. Strap options include purple, taupe or grey alli- gator leather straps or quilted black or blue calfskin straps. Finally, the newest folding clasp (for leather-strap models) is thinner than seen on the previous generation Carrera Lady. Price range: $1,850 - $4,650. SPECIFICATIONS: TAG HEUER CARRERA LADY (AUTOMATIC) The caseback of the Carrera Lady quartz models features a cross-hatch engraving. Movement: Automatic ETA-based Caliber 5, 25 jewels, balance oscillating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz), 38-hour power reserve Display: Date, hours, minutes and seconds Case: 36 mm stainless steel, fixed bezel in stainless steel, with or without 54 diamonds, domed sapphire crystal with double anti- reflective treatment, water-resistant to 100 meters Dial: White mother-of-pearl, rhodium-plated indexes and hands Strap: Taupe perforated satin alligator leather strap or stainless-steel bracelet, folding buckle clasp in stainless steel SPECIFICATIONS: TAG HEUER CARRERA LADY (QUARTZ) The ETA-based Caliber 5 is visible through the sapphire caseback of the new TAG Heuer Carrera Lady Movement: Quartz Display: Date, hours, minutes and seconds Case: 36 mm stainless steel, fixed bezel in stainless steel, with or without 54 diamonds, domed sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment, water-resistant to 100 meters Dial: White mother-of-pearl, grey or purple dial with rhodium-plated indexes and hands, blue or black dial with rose gold plated indexes and hands Strap: Taupe, grey or purple perforated satin alligator leather strap, blue or black calfskin strap or stainless-steel bracelet, folding buckle clasp in stainless steel 48 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2019