TAG Heuer’s Glassbox Chronograph gets a streetwear makeover
A classic racing chronograph meets streetwear cool as TAG Heuer and Hiroshi Fujiwara strip the Carrera back to its essentials and rebuild it with bold, monochrome look
TAG Heuer and Fragment are back at it again, teaming up for their third collaboration – and this one might be their sharpest watches yet. The new TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph x Fragment Limited Edition takes the brand’s glassbox chronograph and gives it a cool, monochrome redesign by Hiroshi Fujiwara, the man who helped define modern streetwear.
Fujiwara’s influence is hard to miss. He isn’t just a fashion icon with a cult following; he’s a serious watch person with a knack for stripping designs down to their essentials. That’s exactly what he’s done here. The watch returns to the Carrera, the model that kicked off this partnership in 2018 and quickly became a collector favourite. The philosophy hasn’t changed: keep what matters, ditch what doesn’t, and let the character of the watch speak for itself.
That’s very much in line with the Carrera’s roots. Born in 1963 and named after the Carrera Panamericana, it was built as a driver’s chronograph – clean, precise and genuinely useful for measuring speed. The modern glassbox versions stay true to that spirit while adding a sense of depth and drama thanks to the curved crystal and sculpted flange. Fujiwara takes that architecture and pushes the contrast further.
The new 39mm model leans into a crisp black-and-white palette. The black opalin dial softens the light, the white curved flange brings sharp definition, and the silver markings hold everything together. Even the tachymeter has been tweaked with a lighter grey.
Look closely, and you’ll spot Fujiwara’s lightning-bolt motif on the date disc at 1 and 11.
TAG Heuer brings its own strengths to the table. The steel case uses alternating finishes, while the revived beads-of-rice bracelet gets black PVD on its centre links to match the monochrome theme.
Inside, the in-house TH20-00 movement keeps things running for up to 80 hours and adds a few treats of its own: a shield-shaped rotor reimagined through Fragment’s graphic style, the Fragment logo on the sapphire crystal caseback and smooth chronograph engagement thanks to a column wheel and vertical clutch.
Even the packaging joins in, pairing TAG Heuer and Fragment branding in black and white and bundling the watch with an embossed pouch.
Only 500 pieces will be made, and it’s available now, priced at $9050 in the US and £7600 in the UK.
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Spencer Hart
Buying Guide Editor 
