Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13905 in Watches
• Brand: TAG Heuer
• Model: CV2011.BA0786
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-push-button-clasp-with-safety
• Dial color: silver
• Dial window material: scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: Swiss Automatic
• Water-resistant to 165 feet

Features

• Quality Swiss Automatic Movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 41 mm
• Stainless-steel case; Silver dial; Luminous hands and hour markers; Date function; Chronograph functions; Tachymeter function
• Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Sleek, professional, and luxurious, the TAG Heuer Carrera automatic chronograph watch for men (model #CV2011.BA0786) is an exquisite timepiece for both business and pleasure. The stainless steel watch case measures 41mm wide (1.61 inches) and it's topped by a black bezel with a tachymeter readout, used for measuring time over distance. The shimmery silver dial face includes three chrono subdials, thin baton hands (with seconds hand), silver stick hour markers, small minute indexes, and a date window at 3 o'clock. It's completed by a triple-link stainless steel bracelet band that mixes brushed and polished finishes. Other features include a Swiss-made automatic movement (with a 38- to 42-hour power reserve), highly scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, and water resistance to 50 meters (165 feet)--suitable for swimming but not for diving.

About TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer traces its roots to the small Swiss village of St-Imier where, in 1860, a watchmaker named Edouard Heuer opened his first shop. His vision was to create remarkable timepieces that pushed the envelope of innovation and precision. The company's reputation grew, and Heuer's first patent for a chronograph mechanism in 1882 was followed by a long list of achievements: the first stopwatch accurate to 1/100 of a second, the first dashboard stopwatch for race cars, the first miniature electronic timekeeping device accurate to 1/1000th of a second, and the first automatic movement with a microrotor, to name just a few.

Over the years, Heuer's reputation for gold-standard precision earned the company the privilege of providing official timing services for a number of world-class competitive sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the FIS Ski World Cup, and the FIA Formula 1 World Championships. To this day, TAG Heuer maintains a close association with the world of competitive sports and enjoys a devoted following among sports celebrities and enthusiasts. In 1985, Heuer joined the TAG (Techniques D'Avant-Garde) group, and the TAG Heuer name and logo were created. Now one of the most recognized and sought-after watch brands in the world, TAG Heuer continues its reputation of innovative design and technological excellence, creating prestigious timepieces that are always at the cutting edge of precision, reliability and style.

Customer Reviews

Poor build quality, Tag does not stand behind their products
As the previous reviewer stated, this is a beautiful timepiece. The problem is that the one I purchased was poorly built and Tag Heuer does not stand behind their products.

I purchased the watch new from an authorized retailer in June 2005. Within three months, the bottom button had fallen off. This made it impossible to use the tachymeter/stopwatch function. I took the watch to the retailer and it was shipped to Tag Heuer in New York, where it took them just over nine weeks to replace the button. With shipping both ways, I was without the watch for a little over 10 weeks.

I thought all was well, but within a year the bottom button fell off again. The watch was taken back to the retailer and sent back to Tag Heuer in New York. Again it was a little over 10 weeks from the time it was shipped to the time I got it back. I had now owned the watch for about 14 months, but was without it for five months.

In July 2007, 25 months after I purchased it, I took the watch into the retailer I purchased it from to have a link added to the band and to have some of the scratches on the band cleaned up. While they had it, the same button fell off again. Tag Heuer warranties their watches for two years. If the watch had not have been in the possession of the retailer when the button fell off the third time, I would have had to pay to have it fixed. The retailer sent it off to Tag, and again it was gone for 10 weeks.

The first two times the button broke, the button was lost. Tag replaced the pin (I received the old pins back) and put a new button on. The third time the jeweler had the button, but Tag still replaced it and the pin. I have been without the watch for 7.5 months of the 29 months I have owned it due to the same part having to be replaced three times. When it was sent for the third repair, the retailer tried to get Tag to replace it as a lemon. The warranty had expired less than a month prior, the same part had failed three times, and the watch was repaired by Tag three times in less than 25 months. Tag refused to issue a new, replacement watch and refused to admit the watch was a lemon.

My retailer has treated me well. If the button falls off again, they will replace it with any watch of the same value. I can go to a higher priced watch by paying the difference. I'm not sure which watch I would choose if I need to replace it, but it will not be with another Tag. Omega, Baume & Mercier, Movado, Tissot, Raymond Weil, Rolex, anything but a Tag. Fossil stands behind their $50 watches better than Tag does their $2,000 watch.

If Tag would have admitted there was a problem with my particular watch and replaced it with a new one, they would have had a customer for life. Instead, I will never buy another Tag, and I will make sure my friends and family don't either.

EDIT 05/26/2008 - It has been 10 months since I have had the watch repaired and it has not had anymore problems. The last time Tag fixed it seems to have finally corrected the original defect. I am updating the rating from two to three stars. I will update this review again if I have anymore problems. I hope I do not, as it truly is a beautiful watch.

EDIT 10/5/2008 - It has been almost a year and a half since the last repair and the watch has not had anymore issues. Other than some scratching on the band and a few small scratches on the side of the case, it looks as good as the day I bought it. It has survived camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, and swimming in the ocean without any problems since July 2007. The last repair really seems to have brought the watch up to the build quality and durability I expected from Tag. I am extremely pleased with how the watch has performed over the last 15 months and am bumping the rating up to 4 stars.

EDIT 5/22/09 - Guess I spoke too soon. It as been less than two years since the last repair and I am dropping it down to 1 star as of today, 5/22/09. I went to put the watch on today and two of the hands were detached. They are the second hand (at 9 o'clock) and the hour timing hand (at 6 o'clock). I have had the watch for less than 4 years and parts have fallen off 4 times. I am taking it in tonight to get an estimate on the repair. I just want to see if I'm better off getting it fixed and selling it for cheap, or just selling it broken so that a watchmaker or someone else could pick it up and repair it for themselves. It's very possible that my particular watch is just a lemon, but Tag says it's not, so I will assume all Tags are of such poor quality and will never purchase another Tag. I have a 5+ year old $50 Fossil that is built better than this $2k Tag.

A beautiful classic watch
This watch is a piece of art. The construction, the dial, the grace of this watch are beyond description. TAG Heuer is one of the best known makers of high-end swiss luxury watches. TAG Heuer has a legacy of perfection behind the name, which lead them into a close association with timing instruments in professional sports.

This watch is absolutely gorgeous. It is graceful and beautiful; perfect for people who enjoy finesse, precision and meticulous attention to detail.

It's a cronograph - which means it has both timekeeping and stopwatch functions. As with most traditional cronographs, the absolute seconds hand is in a small dial and the stopwatch seconds hand is the main seconds hand. It's a self-winding (automatic) watch, which means that it utilizes the natural wrist movements to automatically wind itself through a rotor. It has a transparent display on the lower face - so the watch enthusiast can dive into the titillating admiration of the intricate mechanics that lie inside this mechanical marvel.

All in all, this is a very beautiful, a high-end and classic luxury watch.

Cannot see hands
I recently purchased the silver faced Carrera watch because I wanted a different look to traditional chronograph watch black faces. I think its a great timepiece, but my problem with this watch is that you cannot easily see the hands because of the silver on silver color. Unless you are in bright sunlight it is impossible to see the hands because there is no contrast between the face and hands. I have sent it back to the manufacturers representative to get the face and hands changed to the black face and white hands (at no inexpensive cost !!!)I know that this combination will be much more readible because I have other watches like this. I did'nt think readibility would be an issue but I found it is with this watch. Its been an expensive lesson to change my mistake.