TAG Heuer kicks off its year of chronographs with a trio of 41mm, date-window-less Carrera Glassboxes

Jamie Weiss

• TAG Heuer updates the fan-favourite Carrera Glassbox for LVMH Watch Week 2026, adding a larger 41mm diameter option to the standard range.
• Three dial colours are available in this new, larger size – blue, teal and black with red highlights – all of which have ditched a date window.
• They also come mounted on the brand’s stylish new seven-row, beads-of-rice-esque bracelet.

It’s all about the Carrera for TAG Heuer at LVMH Watch Week 2026, with the brand expanding its popular Carrera Glassbox range with new sizes and complications as part of its new theme for the year, the “Master of Chronographs”.

As a watch journo, it’s easy to get hung up on complicated watches or novel technological developments, and TAG has certainly produced more than a few in recent memory – from split-seconds chronographs, moonphases and tide timers to carbon fibre hairsprings, 3D-printed watch cases and pushing the boundaries of lab-grown diamonds – but sometimes the most straightforward releases are the ones that have the most impact. Case in point: a new 41mm Glassbox, which is the focus of today’s review and will no doubt prove to be more of a needle-shifter for most collectors than six-figure limited editions.

The case

The Carrera Glassbox design has been a fan-favourite ever since its introduction in 2023, representing a significant step-up in refinement and aesthetics from previous Carrera iterations in the modern TAG Heuer era of the brand. At 39mm in diameter, the standard Glassbox has always been a pretty agreeable size; however, considering that the previous generations of the Carrera measured up at 42 and 44mm, there’s been a cohort of Carrera collectors who have been sized out of the Carrera since 2023. (Yes, there have been larger-sized Glassbox models produced since 2023, but they’ve all featured complications – there hasn’t been a larger, standard Glassbox up until now.)

This has been rectified with this new 41mm model, which also measures 14.17mm thick and 47.48mm lug-to-lug. That’s 0.3mm thicker and 1.48mm longer lug-to-lug than the 39mm model, for the record. Despite the upscale, this 41mm Glassbox remains an eminently wearable watch that will suit a wide variety of wrists, but unsurprisingly, will particularly suit bigger ones.

A cool little feature you’ll find when you flip the watch over is a little wreath emblem engraved on the lower right lug. This “Victory Wreath” emblem is something TAG has recently introduced on its Carrera timepieces, and is meant to evoke both the brand’s motorsports history as well as how owning a fine timepiece is a mark of personal achievement. This is part of the Carrera’s origin story and mythos, with former CEO Jack Heuer famously gifting solid gold Carreras to race-winning Formula 1 drivers.

The dials

While the 41mm Glassbox’s essential dial layout and finishing haven’t changed dramatically from the 39mm model, it does introduce something that many Carrera fans have been calling out for: a date window delete. (Isn’t that the opposite of introducing, actually?) This arguably gives the 41mm Glassbox a cleaner and more vintage-accurate look than the 39mm.

Three dial variants are available at launch: a classic dark blue, a teal green that’s a similar shade to the Glassbox Dato that came out in 2024, and a black dial with sporty red highlights across its hands and outer rehaut.

The strap

All three models come mounted on a seven-link bracelet with a butterfly folding clasp as standard. It seems that across all Carrera Glassbox models, TAG is moving away from the three-row bracelet that first launched with the design and transitioning all models over to this newer seven-row design. While the three-row bracelet was by no means a bad or uncomfortable design, I don’t see this as a bad thing: in my conversations with collectors, the seven-row bracelet seems to be universally preferred. Fingers crossed, we also get some rally-style leather straps for the 41mm, too.

The movement

The TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox 41mm is powered by the TH20-01, presumably a no-date version of the extant TH20-00 calibre series that powers all current-gen TAG Heuer chronographs. It’s a capable movement, offering an impressive 80-hour power reserve, vertical clutch, column and bidirectional automatic winding. It’s pleasingly if slightly industrially finished, with Geneva striping across its bridges and mainplate, and a vertically-brushed, TAG Heuer shield-shaped automatic rotor.

The verdict

As a dude with 19cm wrists, I never had a problem with the 39mm Glassbox, but 41mm suits me just fine, and will no doubt suit TAG collectors with bigger wrists who find 39mm just a little bit too small. Until now, if you wanted a larger, standard Carrera Chronograph, you were stuck with the older 42 or 44mm non-Glassbox designs, which pale in comparison to the clean design of the Glassbox (in my opinion, at least). These new 41mm models address this aberration, without compromising what made the Glassbox design so great.

My only criticism is that the 41mm model comes at a slight premium to the 39mm model, to the tune of CHF 400. I don’t have a massive problem with that in principle: I understand the need for brands to incrementally raise their prices, and philosophically, I guess you’re paying for more ‘watch’? On the other hand, the 41mm is strictly less functional than the 39mm, having lost its date window… Even if this is a selling point for many fans. It’s also emblematic of modern TAG Heuer’s increasingly premium positioning in an increasingly competitve market for mechanical chronographs.

TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox 41mm pricing and availability

The TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox 41mm is available now from TAG Heuer retailers and online. Price: CHF 7,500

Brand	TAG Heuer
Model	Carrera Chronograph
Reference Number	CBS2113.BA0053 (blue dial) CBS2115.BA0053 (teal green dial) CBS2114.BA0053 (black dial)
Case Dimensions	41mm (D) x 14.17mm (T) x 47.48mm (LTL)
Case Material	Stainless steel
Water Resistance	100 metres
Crystal(s)	Sapphire front and back
Dial	Blue/teal green/black sunburst
Strap	Steel 7-row bracelet, butterfly folding clasp
Movement	TH20-01, in-house, automatic
Power Reserve	80 hours
Functions	Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph
Availability	From January 2026
Price	CHF 7,500