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I just got my hands on the really slick Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36 Caliper Automatic (GC36) rep thanks to Rochest and Mary at watch-international.com. There have been several previous threads:
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=24127
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=14284
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=3140
...and I wanted to add some more pics and thoughts in case you're considering one of these.
THE GOOD:
The GC36 rep looks fast! It's the quintessential luxury sports watch. The cotes de geneve on the calipers catches the light nicely, and the black-silver-red color scheme makes it look right at home with a Lamborghini or Ferrari (see pic below).
Everything on the rep is functional although I wouldn't necessarily send it to Geneva to get certified for accuracy
The crown is screw-in and snaps easily between wind-date-hour.
AR is good. It wears bigger than you think on the wrist because it's pretty thick (see pic).
Anatomy of the dial:
The linear seconds (really 1/10 fraction of seconds) at 9 o'clock works and runs continuously as per gen.
Chronograph seconds are measured by the central second hand and start and stop with the standard chronograph pushers
Chronograph minutes are at 3 o'clock, and chronograph hours at 6 o'clock.
The other crown at 10 o'clock rotates the internal 1/10 second dial as per gen.
The back of the GC36 is a treat: the crystal has a slightly smoked color like a tinted window and the rotor shape and engraving are great, the 7750 is of course not as cool as the gen but they did a good job Tag-ing it up. In fact, the back of this watch looks so good I would definitely NOT recommend the cheaper quartz closed-back version of the watch.
THE BAD:
The deployment clasp on the strap is easy to open by accident, and is a virtual IQ test to put together the first time you do it.
The faux alligator strap looks, well, a bit faux.
Worst for me is the fact that the Cotes-de-Geneve demaskeening on the central calipers and the chronograph minutes window at 3 o'clock don't line up with each other. It's not obvious at 3 or 5 feet but once you've noticed, it does bug you a bit, and would've been easy to fix.
SOOOOOO............. on with the GC36 pics:
Right at home with gen red Lambo:
And outside in San Diego:
Hope you enjoyed it.
-Mach
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=24127
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=14284
http://www.rwgboard.com/board/index.php?showtopic=3140
...and I wanted to add some more pics and thoughts in case you're considering one of these.
THE GOOD:
The GC36 rep looks fast! It's the quintessential luxury sports watch. The cotes de geneve on the calipers catches the light nicely, and the black-silver-red color scheme makes it look right at home with a Lamborghini or Ferrari (see pic below).
Everything on the rep is functional although I wouldn't necessarily send it to Geneva to get certified for accuracy
The crown is screw-in and snaps easily between wind-date-hour.AR is good. It wears bigger than you think on the wrist because it's pretty thick (see pic).
Anatomy of the dial:
The linear seconds (really 1/10 fraction of seconds) at 9 o'clock works and runs continuously as per gen.
Chronograph seconds are measured by the central second hand and start and stop with the standard chronograph pushers
Chronograph minutes are at 3 o'clock, and chronograph hours at 6 o'clock.
The other crown at 10 o'clock rotates the internal 1/10 second dial as per gen.
The back of the GC36 is a treat: the crystal has a slightly smoked color like a tinted window and the rotor shape and engraving are great, the 7750 is of course not as cool as the gen but they did a good job Tag-ing it up. In fact, the back of this watch looks so good I would definitely NOT recommend the cheaper quartz closed-back version of the watch.
THE BAD:
The deployment clasp on the strap is easy to open by accident, and is a virtual IQ test to put together the first time you do it.
The faux alligator strap looks, well, a bit faux.
Worst for me is the fact that the Cotes-de-Geneve demaskeening on the central calipers and the chronograph minutes window at 3 o'clock don't line up with each other. It's not obvious at 3 or 5 feet but once you've noticed, it does bug you a bit, and would've been easy to fix.
SOOOOOO............. on with the GC36 pics:
Right at home with gen red Lambo:
And outside in San Diego:
Hope you enjoyed it.
-Mach
