While not every story about TAG Heuer begins with a specific human being, this one does. This is particularly true of our cover star this issue, and also of the broader collection it belongs to. You cannot quite begin to learn about the Carrera's origins without first learning a little about the man responsible for having dreamed it up: Jack Heuer. Jack, whom this story addresses mostly by his first name to avoid confusion with the Heuer brand, is the great-grandson of Edouard Heuer who, in 1860, founded the watchmaking endeavour that stands today as TAG Heuer.
He was born on November 19, 1932, in Bern, Switzerland. Jack describes in his autobiography: The Times of my Life - An Autobiography by Jack Heuer, that he had a "very happy and privileged childhood." Jack Heuer was already comfortable navigating life in English, French and his father's specific Swiss German dialect, at a young age. He was no stranger to the outdoors thanks to his father's influence and, apparently, he was quite a talented skier who was allowed to go the more difficult slopes alongside kids who were significantly older than him.
Jack made his first contribution to the family business at the tender age of 15, when the resourceful teenager managed to employ the help of his physics teacher at school, Dr. Heinz Schilt, to create the Heuer company's first tide watch, the Solunar, and later the Mareograph-Seafarer; and thus a connection with the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Skipper (opposite) emerges, if only thematically.
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SMART CONNECTIONS
With the T-Touch Connect Sport, Tissot tries to strike a balance between traditional watchmaking values and digital usefulness
SPIRIT OF CONSERVATION
SORAL is a conservation group most famous for the activities related to its name: Save Our Rhinos Africa and India. Hublot has partnered with SORAI for four special editions now, with part of the sales benefitting the group's activities. We chat with SORAI founder, former England cricketeer Kevin Pietersen, about the challenges behind working to save animal species
FINISHING TOUCHES
We take a different approach to Lang & Heyne in this wide-ranging discussion, as befits the brand's extremely limited production, devotion to hand craftsmanship and absence of big marketing
THE CONVERSATION: TIME SHAPES UP
Rough winds do shake up watchmaking and this is when we least expect new directions. The debut of just one collection has changed the math and made many question the wisdom of banking so overwhelmingly on round watches. The editors of WOW debate the issue
BLANCPAIN VILLERET CALENDRIER CHINOIS TRADITIONNEL
Perhaps the brand most significantly and consistently associated with the Chinese calendar, we had to close out this list with Blancpain's Chinese calendar model.
STANDARD BEARER
Longines finds a way to elevate the classic round watch, with a bit of a precious twist
RULE OF THIRDS
A. Lange & Söhne celebrated 30 years of the Lange 1 in 2024. Here is a brief look back at the story of this seminal watch, with some exclusive photography of the current models
CELEBRATING MILESTONES
Franck Muller CEO Nicholas Rudaz talks up the partnership between his brand and Sincere Fine Watches
SUBTLE DISTINCTIONS
The Toric's latest iteration is a callback to the gentleman's dress watch — and the collection has never looked more dapper
WATCHING BRIEF
With up to three significant watch exhibitions coming together by happenstance here, the collecting community could scarcely have wished for better
