With only 100 pieces produced, the TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrograph anniversary edition is classic in style, with a white lacquered dial, painted numerals and a design inspired by the sports chronometers of the era. Its Carrera type case is supplied with a table support or fixed to a dashboard: both a watch and a timekeeping instrument. The automatic chronograph displays 1/100 of a second via a central hand, invented by Heuer in 1916, while two escapements oscillate at 28,800 vibrations/hour for the watch and 360,000 for the chronograph.

The new TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrograph represents the alliance of revolutionary technology and functional design seen in the sports timekeeping instruments of the 1920s. The large spherical ridged crown at 12 o’clock, framed by the characteristic “mushroom” push-pieces, is reminiscent of the earliest Heuer counters. The white lacquered dial sports black painted numerals and indices, a vintage Heuer logo and the inscription “Made in Switzerland”, faithfully configured as on the original model. Legibility is enhanced by the blued steel hands for the chronograph indications, with a tear drop shaped counterweight on the minute hand and an arrow on the counter hands. Rounded leaf-shaped hour and minute hands are typical of the Roaring Twenties.