La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland – 22 March 2021: What is your favourite colour? Watchmaking enthusiasts most often opt for blue when answering this question. However, since its launch in 2016, the Carrera Heuer 02T had never ventured into this territory, preferring darker or golden tones. Today, TAG Heuer unveils a limited edition of 250 pieces of its tourbillon chronograph in a blue version fitted with a titanium strap. An important first for the brand’s tourbillon line!

A symbol of technology and an example of total control of industrial processes and manufacturing costs, the Carrera Heuer 02T movement features a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour and an ultra-light carbon and titanium tourbillon cage. But one of the main challenges for the La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmakers was to house the chronograph functions, the self-winding mechanism and the flying tourbillon in a calibre with a diameter of 31 mm. All this while ensuring an ideal distance between the subdials to give it a contemporary look.

It is the same movement that pulses in this limited edition, but this time, the watch impresses in blue, from the bridges of the tourbillon cage to the rubber that protects the crown and pusher buttons. For the first time, the Carrera Heuer 02T has a full dial with a blue sunray design creating the most beautiful effect. Even the ceramic tachymetric bezel is finished in this cerulean blue with hypnotising reflections. The oscillating mass has been given a PVD coating so as not to be out of place in this azure composition.

Fitted with a 45 mm grade 5 titanium case, this chronograph has another surprise in store. Previously sporting alligator straps sewn on black rubber, or even just soft rubber, it dares to make the switch to this new model with a grade 2 titanium bracelet. That is a first! In addition to its lightness, this material gives this Carrera Heuer 02T timepiece a sporty yet elegant look. This exceptional watch is priced at 20,500 Swiss francs.

TAG Heuer, founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, is a luxury watch brand that is part of LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton SE (“LVMH”), the world’s leading luxury group. Based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and with four production sites, TAG Heuer has 1470 employees and is active in  139  countries. TAG Heuer products are available online on the watchmaker’s website, select countries and in 160 boutiques and 3,500  points of sale worldwide. The company  is headed up by Frédéric Arnault, CEO of TAG Heuer.  

For 160 years, TAG Heuer has demonstrated pure avant-garde watchmaking spirit and a commitment to innovation with revolutionary technologies that have included the oscillating pinion for mechanical stopwatches in 1887, the  Mikrograph in 1916, the first automatic-winding chronograph movement – Calibre 11 – in 1969, the first luxury smartwatch in 2015, and the ground-breaking  Isograph technology in 2019, made possible through a unique collaboration with the TAG Heuer Institute. Today, the  brand’s core collection consists of three iconic families  designed  by Jack Heuer – TAG Heuer Carrera, Monaco and Autavia  – and is rounded out with the contemporary Link, Aquaracer, Formula 1 and Connected lines.  

Capturing TAG Heuer’s motto, “Don’t Crack Under Pressure”, are prominent partnerships and brand ambassadors  that express the brand’s  passion for action and  high performance. These include the Formula E World Championship, of which the brand is a founding  partner, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team, the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 Team, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, the World Endurance Championships, the Indianapolis 500, legends  Steve McQueen and Ayrton Senna, actors Chris Hemsworth and Patrick Dempsey, ATP next-generation tennis players Alex de  Minaur, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime, and surfer Kaie Lenny, among others. 

Reference	:	CBN2A1F.FC6492
Movement	:	Calibre Heuer 02T COSC
Case	:	Titanium grade 5 polished, fine brushed case
Diameter	:	45 mm
Bezel	:	Ceramic blue polished tachymeter fixed
Glass	:	domed, beveled sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Crown	:	TBlue rubber, titanium grade 5 standard crown at 3 o’clock Titanium grade 5 pusher button at 2 o’clock Titanium grade 5 pusher button at 4 o’clock
Case back	:	Titanium grade 5 screwed sapphire with special engraving, limited numbered xxx/250
Water resistance	:	100 meters
Dial	:	Blue sunray brushed dial 3 counters: 3 o’clock : rhodium plated polished, “azurage” minute chronograph counter Rhodium plated polished hand 6 o’clock : blue tourbillon 9 o’clock : rhodium plated polished, “azurage”hour chronograph counter Rhodium plated polished hand Rhodium plated polished applied indexes with white Super-LumiNova© Rhodium plated polished hour and minute hands with white Super-LumiNova© Carrera Heuer 02 T Chronograph Chronometer printed
Bracelet	:	Titanium grade 2 H-shape
Fermoir	:	Titanium grade 2 and steel folding clasp with double safety push-buttons TAG Heuer shield
Available	:	March 2021