THE TAG HEUER CARRERA 160 YEARS SILVER LIMITED EDITION
Jack Heuer writes in his autobiography, The Times of My Life, that in January of 1962, having lent the organisers of the race a handful of Heuer pocket watch chronographs with split seconds, he was invited by the Sports Car Club of America to attend the 12 Hours Race at Sebring in Florida.
Where endurance racing is concerned, the Sebring track was the place to be. It saw notable names from both the professional and amateur circuits descend, including the likes of German racer, Jochen Rindt, the Mexican racing brothers, Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez, and even the actor-turned race-car driver, Paul Newman.
While at the track, Jack mostly hung out at the Ferrari pits. He clearly had a personal inclination towards the Prancing Pony, as he spent enough time at their pits to get acquainted with the parents of the Rodriguez brothers, who were piloting for Ferrari that year.
Jack writes, “They [parents of the Rodriguez brothers] told me that they were lucky that their boys were so young — Pedro was
