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 TAG Heuer Men's Carrera Automatic Chronograph Watch #CV2011.BA0786 By: TAG Heuer Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 4 More Information Cannot see hands  On: 2008-01-05I 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 didnt think readibility would be an issue but I found it is with this watch. Its been an expensive lesson to change my mistake. Great Watch  On: 2007-12-08I have had the watch for over 2 years, I wear it everyday and have had no build qualty issues. It keeps great time and is really good looking. Poor build quality, Tag does not stand behind their products  On: 2007-10-25As 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. Im 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 dont either. Poor build quality, Tag does not stand behind their products On: 2007-10-24As 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. Im 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 dont either. A beautiful classic watch On: 2006-09-04This 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. Its 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. Its 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. |