Review: TAG Heuer Carrera Twin-Time Date 41 mm

Our hands-on review of the TAG Heuer Carrera Twin-Time Date 41mm ref. WBN2010. Offering excellent value for money it retails at €3,000 / US$ 3,200.

The Carrera Twin-Time 41 mm is one of our favourite models from the new generation of the Carrera Three Hands collection presented by TAG Heuer last October (you can read our overview article here).

Characterised by an understated design, this model offers a useful GMT function for displaying two time zones at a glance combined to a striking blue dial. We recently had the opportunity to wear and test it for a few days and we are now delighted to share our impressions and pictures.

Measuring 41 mm x 12.30 mm and water resistant up to a pressure of 10 bar (approximately 100 metres / 330 feet), the classical round case is crafted from stainless steel with alternating fine-brushed and polished surfaces. The typical traits of the Carrera, including the signature lugs (here only a bit shorter for improved comfort), are all there. 

Framed by a slim bezel and well protected by a bevelled sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment, the blue dial has a sunray-brushed finish and is circled by a bicolour flange (silver and blue) with a 24-hour scale that indicates day and night. Used in combination with the red-tipped GMT hand, it tells the time in a different timezone. 

Readability - a feature that has always been a priority at TAG Heuer - is truly excellent. The applied indexes and the enlarged hour and minute hands are treated with white Super-LumiNova that glows in green in darker environment. 

The bolder hour and minute hands feature groove down centre and tip filled in black. The rectangular date aperture at 6 o’clock completes the dial indications.

All functions can be easily controlled via the crown: in position 0 it winds the movement, in position 1 it sets the second time zone if you turn clockwise or the date if you turn anticlockwise, and in position 2 it adjusts the time.

The Carrera Twin-Time Date wears very well on most wrists (the one in our pictures is 18 cm / 7 in), also thanks to the recently introduced satin-brushed and polished bracelet with H-shaped links, thinner and more ergonomic. The refined bracelet is equipped with a folding clasp with double safety push-buttons. 

Visible through the screw-down sapphire crystal caseback, the self-winding Calibre 7 is a movement that ensures precision and reliability. Beating at the frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour), it has an autonomy, when fully wound, of about 50 hours.

While maintaining strong ties with its roots, this new model offers a modern and timeless design without superfluous details combining it to an attractive blue dial and a useful dual-time function. 

The new TAG Heuer Carrera Twin-Time Date 41 mm ref. WBN2010.BA0640 delivers excellent value for the money retailing at the price of Euro 3,000 / US$ 3,200. tagheuer.com

Suggested reading:

- The history of TAG Heuer