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Carrera watches were developed in tribute to famous motor racing stars. That series was developed specifically for people who realize how to drive fast. There are a lot of famous drivers nowadays that wear chronographs of this wonderful collection and they are proud to honor the fame of people that were good drivers.

Carrera 360 is a model which will surprise any person with its wonderful design and excellent quality. A renowned Colombian F1 racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya was honored to present the new Carrera 360 Rose Gold in Barcelona. That driver took part in the ceremony of Tag Heuer watch for the first time but he liked it much.

The limited edition of this series would comprise just 400 timepieces. So, in case you are a lover of Tag Heuer hurry to buy the new model or you may lose this opportunity. The latest model of this incredible collection is Carrera 360 and that is believed to be he most successful one in case collated to other versions.

The concept of the timepiece was prompted by Tag Heuer vintage stopwatches, featuring big start/stop push button, the improved grooved crown, the 100-minute power reserve placed at 12 o'clock position, and the large 1/100th of a second counter at 6 o'clock position.

The classy simple-to-read dial and sub dials add to the elegant design of that watch. There are two sets of escapement mechanisms which are comprised to the Calibre 360. It allows executing about 29,000 oscillations per hour and can perform about 360,000 oscillations when it is required during the use of chronometer mode. The precision of the chronometer is really amazing. You will hardly search out a timepiece with such a quick movement, having ten times higher speed if compared to other mechanical chronograph movements. There are 230 elements that are comprised into the movement. It brings the opportunity to have the quickest movement and the highest accuracy you have ever seen before.

The model is created of excellent quality components, such as 20-karat gold case and stylish brown guilloche face with 18-karat rose gold hands and signs. You can see that the back and face are created of high quality sapphire. The strap is made of crocodile leather. As it is a Swiss chronograph the name of its clockwork is engraved on the back cover of the body. So, people who buy this watch may tell a lot about its developers.

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There are lots of expensive watch producers but such as Patek Philippe is the most popular. Patek Philippe's history is full of renowned pages. The brand has made a lot of outstanding researches in watch developing. The brand attempts to continue the researches and attempts to reach the absolute success. Every model which is proposed by Patek Philippe includes lots of ideas that have never been used before by any other company.

The progress of manufacturing of Patek Philippe watch was started by the manufactury established by A. Patek and F. Czapek.

The history of that amazing brand started when A. Patek met Adrien Philippe that was a famous watchmaker. Ultimately the name of the firm was formed when it was purchased by the Stern brothers. They were very influential businessmen. Since that time the world-known Patek Philippe watch development has remained a family business.

Patek Philippe is also quite old because that is a completely independent business, while the overwhelming majority of the leading watch companies are a section of bigger financial corporations (Richmond etc.). We can surely announce that today Patek Philippe dictates the standards to the other producers on the market. The most costly, most sophisticated and most prestige timepieces in the world belong namely to Patek Philippe.

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