The New TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Sport 42mm Pulls Onto the Track

In 2020, TAG Heuer added the Carrera Chronograph Sport 44mm to the esteemed lineage of the Carrera timepiece; a story that started in 1963 when Jack Heuer developed a wrist chronograph purpose-built for professional race drivers.

However, the Carrera Chronograph Sport, in this new release of five variations, is the result of a design process that essentially revisited every element of the original’s execution – design, proportion, functional detail – to refresh the model with greater precision, more wrist comfort, and an even stronger visual appeal while still maintaining deep roots in the watchmaker’s unmatched timing and racing heritage.

Let’s take a look.

Making a Case

The evolution story starts with a newly designed, newly sized stainless steel case. Reduced to 42mm (from the original’s 44mm), the TAG design team has also paired this more compact case size with reduced lug-to-lug measurements (49.8mm to 48.6mm) for pay-offs in ergonomics and wrist comfort, as well as a thinner profile (14.7mm).

A re-angled outer flange and an easy-to-read tri-compax sub-dial layout solve the challenge of retaining the same clarity imperative with less dial real estate. The usual suspects of a 30-minute tallier at 3 o’clock, subsidiary small seconds (with an integrated date window) at 6 o’clock, and 12-hour totalizer at 9 o’clock remain true to racing chrono heritage and tradition.

Under the Hood, At the Curb

Visible through the caseback, the 80-hour power reserve Calibre TH20-00 automatic movement with a TAG Heuer shield-shaped rotor, first introduced in 2023 and seen in multiple modern Carrera “glass box” executions, serves as the power plant for these novelties, bringing every bit of its legendary reliability, 4Hz accuracy, and column wheel/vertical clutch chronograph precision to the family.

Meanwhile, a newly designed, now-tapered H-link steel bracelet brings a full tank of curb appeal to the watches. A new link-change approach featuring outer-link pull-out components lets you adjust the bracelet’s sizing at home and, refreshingly, qualifies as truly “easy.”

Putting all these value-adding details aside, the new Carrera Chronograph Sport 42mm models really hum in their apt colorways and dial design options.

The Livery Lineup

With an all-black canvas of opaline dial, snailed sub-dials, and polished ceramic bezel insert, the Ref. CDB2110.BA0054 presents a sense of stealthy technical menace. Add in the reference’s bold red sweep seconds and 3 and 9 o’clock sub-dial hands, and you might come down with your own case of red-line fever.

The expected dark blue so closely associated with the TAG Heuer Carrera appears in Ref. CBD2111.BA0054’s circular-brushed dial and ceramic bezel insert, but this time, a contrasting silver azuré is used for the sub-dial surfaces, and more rhodium/metallic details are used overall to substitute its black sibling’s aggressive stance with classic elegance and style.