Samurai Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Finally...it's out! http://www.pc-80108.com/0000tgca01001-gran...750-p-4817.html Selling for $398. Someone...pls buy and review it. Cheers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Saw the Grand Carrera on King's site just now: http://kingwatches.net/TAG-087.htm Anyone has any news on this baby? Was a gen dissected to reproduce the off-springs? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Wow, that certainly looks interesting. I'm not that familiar with the gen. Could someone shed light on its features, and how it'd be possible to replicate them... at least visually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jot9011 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 The GEN has a really sunken DW. Wonder if the rep, will be the same. EDIT: Looks pretty close from the pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppen Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 wow, it's really a great time to be in this hobby, the quailty we're getting is unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I'm a TAG fan. What there is not to like on these watches? This is another original and innovative looking TAG. Design wise they run circles around the new Rolexes... any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3k0 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Really not any special features. It has 2894 with rotating discs instead of small hands, positioned under the dial. Of course, Tag calls it "revolutionary" rotating system, but really nothing special. I just can't see did they get thickness right, because 2894 i really thin movement, and A7750 with additional module get quite thick ... I couldn't find any side shots of the gen to compare. Other than that, and a bit misaligned date on Kings pics, rep looks pretty cool. regards Wow, that certainly looks interesting. I'm not that familiar with the gen. Could someone shed light on its features, and how it'd be possible to replicate them... at least visually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Having tried the gen out, what I can say is that the minute totalizer doesn't click over at 60 seconds like on the 7750, its a gradual turn. From what I cam make out, the rotor is shaped completely differently than the gen. Also, the date window edges are a lot deeper on the gen as well, to mask the recessed datewheel. The side shots on Kings site make the case look very fat, and I dont recall noticing that on the gen, but I could be wrong. All in all its a very nice piece though, a lot closer than I ever thought they would make this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I'm a more avid a Heuer/TAG Heuer fan than most but like the rest of the Carrera series, the Grand Carreras just leave me cold and totally unstimulated in the trouser department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 King has confirmed that apparently this has been made using a gen and will be available from July 10th onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assasi9 Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I'm a more avid a Heuer/TAG Heuer fan than most but like the rest of the Carrera series, the Grand Carreras just leave me cold and totally unstimulated in the trouser department. how can you be an avid tag fan and not like the carrera series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 how can you be an avid tag fan and not like the carrera series? Guess I just have a blind spot Ok I'll clarify a bit......'modern' Carreras leave me cold. There I've said it. Bar the odd reissue, I find them incredibly bland and uninspiring not to mention bearing no relation to the lineage of their predecessors. Jack's decreasing influence in the face of the marketing boys I fear - he was supposed to safeguard the Heritage line, but all we've seen recently is the bastard chimaera Monaco 69, the Monza discontinued, and no new Targa Florio type standalone chronos. Even the venerable Autavia (bar a couple of very limited reissues) has been passed over. There are plenty of modern models I love though, the V4 Monaco (production next year), I was also one of the first to campaign for the new case Aquaracer to be repped, and I have a gen Aquagraph. I'm also praying they rep the Mk I SLR (the Mk II rep looks excellent) as I passed one up to pick up a c.36 Monza instead. But the Carrera I see as the F1 for the older, slightly more affluent generation - volume sellers for the masses first and foremost, marketing-driven not design-led. This latest GC series looks like a pig all dressed up. Gimicky sub dial mechanism, massive dial and case aesthetically awful, tachy bezel yawn, oooh it has double AR - not the first TAG to have that though is it. It's like those ugly kids you see that have attractive parents - the gene lottery dealt them a crappy hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmouth Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Beautiful watch! Looking forward to it. I need that watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerblade Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Case certinally looks a lot fatter in King's pictures than the gen, still a very nice Tag though. I would like to see a wristy before I bought one though, Pics can be deceiving but it looks about the thickness of a Slevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magagne Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 The rep is pretty fat, this a gen photos, and it look little less thick (16mm): hXXps://www.bernardwatch.com/watch/TAGCAV511A.FC6225 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK471 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Richard Hammond wore one in last week's episode of Top Gear. Great looking watch. Looks really, really chunky. I'd definitely be interested in this rep./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 One of the local jewelers have a billboard of this on I-95. Kinda strange looking but interesting nonetheless. I couldn't see this getting much wrist time in my collection. A little cheesy using the "grand" designation since Seiko coined that a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillininla Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Looks different, but i'm not a big fan of this look, Tag usually makes "classier" watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyVader Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) I'm preferring this one for its simpler design. Looks great in my opinion: other pics here Couldn't find the genuine. Edited July 16, 2008 by DirtyVader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Is it just me or do king's pictures show the GC with a horrifically aligned date wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SliceMaster Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Have a look at this beauty guys http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...mp;#entry482033 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Looks like Grand Carrera is out now (at King's site) http://www.kingwatches.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK471 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 It sure looks purdy, but I have zero faith in the running seconds at 3 modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK471 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 BTW, just saw this thread. Maybe I should have some faith in it.... http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=77688&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Looks like a nice watch. A bit shame about the dial says "Calibre 17" while the rotor is the same as on the regular Carrera, with " Calibre 16"... Still, good engravings and dial quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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