iW Magazine Winter 2019 | Page 123

TAG HEUER CARRERA CARBON HEUER 02T PHANTOM, CARRERA CARBON CHRONOGRAPHS PORSCHE DESIGN 911 CHRONOGRAPH TAG Heuer introduces the Carrera Carbon Heuer 02T Phantom and two Carrera Carbon Chronographs, both 45mm watches made with carbon cases. The Carrera Carbon Heuer 02T Phantom features a darker version of the TAG Heuer manufacture 02T tourbillon movement, visible through the transparent sapphire caseback. It’s sold on a matte black leather strap with a rubber inner lining and limited to 500 pieces ($21,500). The TAG Heuer Carrera Carbon in rose gold or blue rhodium joins the Carrera collection with TAG Heuer in-house Caliber Heuer 02 with a power reserve of more than eighty hours. One of the models features a case of rose gold and carbon (with red accents on the dial) while the other features a carbon case and blue rhodium accents. Both arrive with a perforated black rubber strap and are available as a limited edition of 350 (rose gold) and 750 (blue rhodium) pieces. Prices:  Blue Rhodium $7,700; Rose gold: $9,750 TIMELESS MACHINE LE Porsche Design debuted its new 911 Chronograph Timeless Machine LE at the same time its automotive partner, Porsche, unveiled its new 911 992 in Los Angeles. The chronograph, a limited edition of 911 watches, is a 42mm glass bead-blasted titanium chronograph with a black dial, white markers and red and grey accents designed to echo the Porsche 911 dashboard finishing. Even the strap is made with the same leather used inside the new Porsche 911. And visible from the sapphire caseback is a custom-finished Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movement with a Porsche Design rotor. Price: $5,411 HUBLOT FERRARI BIG BANG SCUDERIA CORSA Scuderia Corsa and Hublot debut the all-new Hublot Ferrari Big Bang personalized timepieces celebrating the first 100 victories of Scuderia Corsa. A series in a limited run of 25 pieces, Hublot’s latest 45mm edition features an authentic carbon fiber case from the team’s Ferrari 488 GT3 machine. Inside is HUB1243 UNICO, a manufacture self-winding chronograph flyback movement with column wheel. This will serve as the second collaboration between the two brands, having previously enjoyed a launch in 2016 of a similar edition that celebrated the team’s historic season that featured multiple championships across several series, a win at Le Mans, and the crowning of the first-ever female champion in IMSA history. Price: $34,600. WINTER 2019 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 123