SPOTLIGHT ON: Carrera Ringmaster Limited Editions

CV201V.BA0794

Released sometime between 2010-2012 this series of limited editions are stock CV2010 Carreras, personalized for three World Champion (now ex-) McLaren drivers: Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Alain Prost with coloured chapter rings. Hamilton's Carrera (pictured above) gets a yellow ring, Prost's gets a red ring and Button's a blue ring.

I don't know if the picture is doing Hamilton's model a dis-service, but I would have thought a yellow ring would have been a bit more vibrant, perhaps a bit more like his crash helmet colour. The yellow as pictured looks rather dull and beige. I've actually seen another photo of this watch and it looks very similar, which is rather disappointing.

Thankfully the red and blue versions are much better looking, although I'm a little surprised that quadruple WDC Prost gets a limited run of 350, where Button and Hamilton each get 500 pieces. True Hamilton and Button are current drivers, but Alain Prost is F1 royalty. For me the red watch is the best looking anyway, but the fact that it is the most limited of the three just makes it even more appealing.

Interestingly the yellow on the advert looks okay, so is it just that I've seen a couple of bad photos?

Sadly these three watches were (like so many other TAG Heuer limited editions) only available in Japan, so the chances of finding them on the second hand market are perhaps even more limited than usual.