The Carrera was 36mm in diameter instead of 37.5mm and in his mind it was the perfect watch to wear from the track to a black-tie victory dinner. It had sharp faceted lugs and a minimalist remarkably clean dial even by today's standards. His
link thought
link was "elegance and legibility above all else." All hand-wound Carreras of this period feature these traits but the
link first series of watches are slightly different and worth calling attention to.