1960 Heuer Carrera 3647 T Chronograph

Reference: 3647 T

Serial: xxxxx

Year: 1960s

Case: All Stainless Steel

Dimensions: 36 mm excluding original crown

Function: Chronograph

Caliber: Heuer cal. 92 Manual Fully serviced.

Strap: 18mm handmade leather strap

Box/Papers: No/No

 

Up for grabs is a lovely honets  3647T "Red Tachy" Heuer Carerra we have seen..Also known as the "Carrera 45" 

The case on this example is sharp and looks unpolished. The dial is in excellent condition, with some light wear and deep colours coming through on the outer red scales and outer chromatic register.

The lume on the dial is all present. The lume in  the handset is in good condition with 1st execution hands and T dial indicating Tritium. The T in the reference indicates "tachymeter".

Heuer introduced the dual-register Carrera ref. 3647 alongside the "first Carrera," the triple-register, in 1963. In the catalog it was dubbed the "Carrera 45." Among the rest of the Carreras offered by Heuer, the "Red Tachymeter" versions of both the 12 and the 45 are a bit of a rarity. More than an extra color on the dial, these variants have a two-tone silver dial that is ever-so-slightly chromatic in the tachy scale. The example we have here is a later "first execution" Carrera with a "T" on the dial

* Serial number is engraved between the lugs.

The proportions and subdued "less is more"  beauty of this one is something to behold, we're doubtful another will come alongin  this condition for a while.