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The Link, which did not feature the “Link” name on the dial until 2002, continued to evolve throughout the aughts. In 2004, it gained a smoother, flatter bezel, thinner hands, a two-sector dial, and, in the chronograph versions, stylishly redesigned pushers, all in the service of pushing the US cheap replica watches to a higher level of luxury. The chronographs’ tachymeter scale was moved from the dial to the fixed bezel in 2006, and sapphire exhibition casebacks began appearing on Link models in 2007, reflecting an increased use of Swiss mechanical automatic movements in the AAA best replica watches, such as top quality TAG Heuer fake watches’ Calibre 16 (ETA 7750 base), Calibre 5 (ETA 2824-2) and Calibre 6 (ETA 2895). The 2011 models added a cushion-shaped bezel, a vertical-striped motif on the dials, redesigned crowns and pushers, and thinner S-shaped links.
While all this was happening, however, the iconic Carrera model, first launched in 1963, was quietly reclaiming its place as perfect online TAG Heuer fake watches’ preeminent sports replica watches wholesale shop collection. The company’s new leadership under LVMH had lured Jack Heuer, scion of the Swiss made luxury replica watches company’s founding family, back into the fold as Honorary Chairman, and the result was a renewed commitment to reviving his most legendary brainchild, named after the tortuous Carrera Panamericana road race, as a leader model for the 21st century. The success of this endeavor meant that the Link would fly under the radar in the following years, making space in the portfolio for new iterations of the Carrera, as well as the also-iconic Monaco (famously launched in 1969 as one of the first self-winding chronograph wrist top US fake watches but which had, like the Carrera, been relegated mostly to nostalgia status throughout the ’80s) and avant-garde products like the Heuer 02-T tourbillon and the TAG Heuer Connected replica watches for men.
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