Two Watches Designed By Jack fake Tag Heuer, Almost 50 Years Apart, Next To Each Other

One of our favorite things to do with new watches that are, in theory, connected with the watches of previous generations is put the old and new side-by-side. You saw it here with the Rolex Explorer II replica watches Orange-Hand and here with the Royal Oak Jumbo, and at Basel World, we decided to do it with the excellent new Jack Heuer 80th Birthday Carrera, a watch we showed you in detail here.

You see, Jack Heuer designed his 80th birthday watch himself, and he is also responsible for the conception of the classic Heuer chronos for 40+ years ago, so, we brought along an early 1960s Heuer Carrera (reference 2447N) to see how they look side by side. Obviously, the biggest difference between the two Carreras is the fake Tag Heuer diameter – roughly a 5mm variance. But, you can see the hands, hour markers, and shield are very much the same, not to mention the case design.

What is also interesting is just how nice the 1/5 second scale is on both of these watches – placed expertly on the rehaut (the Carrera was the first watch with this trait – traditionally they were placed on the dial itself). Withh the 60s 2447N you have a nice white contrast against a black dial, and with the 80th birthday watch, a clean grey again a bright silver.

So, comparing a Jack Heuer design of 2012 against a Jack Heuer design of the early 1960s, you see that the man still knows how to make a good chronograph, half a century later.