Tag Heuer Carrera Cal 16 Chronograph Fangio Edition Watch
A Tag Heuer Carrera Cal 16 chronograph Watch Editon Juan Manuel Fangio. Ref CV2010.BA0974. 41m Stainless steel case with black tachymetric bezel, Tag Heuer Calibre 16 automatic chronograph movement, black dial with sliver subdials and date window at 3 o'clock. Juan Manuel Fangio motif engraved caseback, steel bracelet with folding clasp. Swiss made. Box and papers. 1962 was the year Jack Heuer found the inspiration for what would go on to become one of the brand's most recognizable wristwatches: the Heuer Carrera. Named after the Carrera Panamericana which was a border-to-border road race along the new Pan-American Highway, which covered 2170 miles from Mexico's northern border with the United States to Ciudad Cuauhtemoc in the far south of the country. Carrera, simply means 'race' or 'career' in Spanish. Heuer is synonymous to the motorsport world and this one honors Juan Manuel Fangio, the fabled Argentinian who won the Formula One World Driver's Championship no fewer than five times during the 1950s, setting a record that stood for 47 years before finally being broken by Michael Schumacher in 2003.
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- Chronograph - A chronograph is a watch that also incorporates the features of a stopwatch, to measure elapsed time. Most chronographs are operated by two buttons, one to start and stop the chronograph second hand, and the other to return that hand to the starting position.
- Date Aperture - A date aperture is a cut out section in the face of a watch or clock, displaying the day of the month.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
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