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TAG Heuer Carrera GMT, 1990s
- Maker / attribution
- TAG Heuer (maker)
- Date
- 1990s
- Historical period
- Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Dimensions
- Case 35 mm
- Stock no.
- 40992340
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Analog/Shift (40992340)
- Catalogue title (original)
- TAG Heuer Carrera GMT (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (stock number 40992340), this is a wristwatch by TAG Heuer, made in Switzerland, dated 1990s. The Atlas places it in the Mechanical Renaissance period (1990 – 2010) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 35 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Analog/Shift
The Carrera was one of Jack Heuer’s most passionate projects, and his design ethos for this watch can be summed up in one word: legibility. Jack wanted a watch that was stylish and functional - a watch that gives you everything you need and nothing you don’t. This particular example is a neo-vintage Reference WS2113 Carrera GMT dating to the 1990s, and offers a blend of vintage styling with contemporary functionality. With a vintage-sized 35mm stainless steel case, its silhouette is a near-perfect match from the early 'long lug' Carreras of the 1960s. It features a luminous glossy black dial with a silvered, graduated rehaut, 24-hour scale, 'railroad' minute track, applied 'Arabic' indices, matching luminous handset and a red-tipped GMT hand. Powered by a self-winding movement with a date and GMT function, this beauty is fitted to brown suede Analog Shift strap. Under the radar and offering a tremendous value, these wonderful Carrera GMTs from TAGs back catalog are some of our very favorite 'IYKYK' timepieces!
Historical context
Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
Mechanical watches return as cultural objects; independent watchmaking flourishes.
Mechanical watches returned as cultural and luxury objects. Complications, tourbillons and new materials proliferated; independent watchmakers such as George Daniels, F.P. Journe and Philippe Dufour revived artisanal watchmaking; collecting vintage watches became a major field.
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Atlas type guide
Military, pilot and travel watches
The wristwatch owes much of its adoption by men to warfare and aviation. Wristlets — small pocket watches soldered with lugs and worn on a strap — were used in colonial campaigns and became standard equipment in the First World War, with protective grilles over the crystal ('shrapnel guards'). Louis Cartier's Santos (1904), designed for the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, is often cited as an early purpose-made pilot's watch.
In the Second World War governments specified watches in detail: the German B-Uhr observation watches, the American A-11, and the British 'W.W.W.' (the 'Dirty Dozen' set of 1945). After the war, jet travel brought GMT and world-time watches, which show two or more time zones at once — Louis Cottier's world-time mechanism and the Rolex GMT-Master (1955) are examples.
What to look for
- Military markings on the case back: broad arrow, issue numbers, 'W.W.W.', 'A.T.P.'
- High-legibility black dials with luminous Arabic numerals; oversized crowns for gloved hands.
- 24-hour hands and rotating 24-hour bezels or city rings on GMT/world-time watches.
- Wire lugs on early wristlets converted from pocket watches.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug wristlets: c. 1900–1925.
- Military specifications of the Second World War: 1939–1945.
- GMT and world-time wristwatches: mainly after 1950.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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