February 9, 2023

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Following 2018’s interpretation of the Carrera by Hiroshi Fujiwara, the godfather of streetwear makes a celebrated return at TAG Heuer, bringing his imaginative and prescient to life within the all-new Fragment Design Heuer 02 Chronograph.

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For many who don’t already know, Hiroshi Fujiwara is the founding father of Fragment Design, a multidisciplinary label created again in 2003 that has gone on to accomplice with a few of the largest names within the vogue trade. This contains luxurious homes like Louis Vuitton and sportswear big Nike, with Fragment Design’s newest collaboration becoming a member of forces with TAG Heuer as soon as once more, creating this good-looking beast geared up with the Calibre Heuer 02 manufacture motion. And listed here are 5 issues to know in regards to the red-hot (actually) watch, which will probably be formally launched on the market on 27 July 2020.

01 – The watch takes references from the world of motor-racing (evident within the C-case impressed fashions courting again to the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies), solely this time it’s given the Hiroshi Fujiwara twist within the type of a pink sapphire case-back that offers it additional aptitude and character.

02  – It has been given a reasonably minimalistic therapy, evident within the black opaline dial which options two sub-counters on the 3 and 9 o’clock place, together with a date window situated at 6 o’clock. The ending touches are a refined nod to the Japanese model, with the lightning emblem sitting proper above TAG Heuer’s at 12 o’clock, and the FRAGMENT textual content which may be discovered sandwiched between 4 and 5 o’clock.

03 – It’s price mentioning that the automated column-wheel chronograph second is exceptionally exact, with an 80-hour energy reserve that’s fairly spectacular as well. Made accessible in a case diameter of 44 mm, the limited-edition watch is available in a considerable measurement that may match completely on any gentleman’s wrist.

04 – One other function to notice? The five-row metal bracelet is a brand new design unique to the Fragment Design Heuer 02 Chronograph, geared up with a butterfly folding clasp that may can help you open (and shut) it with ease. The metal is brushed and polished to perfection, providing you with the right amalgamation of type and performance suddenly.

05 – Do be aware that there’ll solely be 500 numbered timepieces accessible worldwide (it’s an unique collaboration, in spite of everything), with 20 items allotted to Singapore. Pre-orders will start from 19 June 2020, and you may give any of the boutiques a name (if you don’t want to head down bodily) to point your curiosity on the Fragment Design Heuer 02 Chronograph (SGD8650) and putting your deposit to safe a bit.

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