TAG Heuer Calibre 12 Automatic Gulf

The TAG Heuer’s company founded in 1860 is a famous Swiss luxury watchmaker with international prestige known especially for its sports watches and chronographs. It is a member of the well-known watch manufacturer LVMH, headquartered in Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.

The brand is appreciated for its excellent horologic innovation, which combines high-quality with a captivating design, making of its watches remarkable timepieces. Just as its motto says, TAG Heuer is indeed the Swiss Avant-Garde Since 1860, this brand has continually pushing its boundaries experimenting the ultimate exceptional timepieces with a captivating design and an outstanding engineering.

The spirit of TAG Heuer is continually represented by the Monaco collection for which it created two impressive new models for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the prestigious Monaco watch at Baselworld 2009 edition. The new versions are also a tribute brought to the undeniable partnership of the TAG Heuer with the notable Gulf Oil motor racing icon. The new limited edition version of the Swiss watchmaker included 5000 Monaco Calibre 12 Chronograph Gulf timepieces, a high-performance version created for those passionate of the world of motor sports and horsepower competitions.

The expression of the TAG Heuer Calibre 12 Automatic Chronograph Movement is achieved due the historical intersection with the racing world, the model being an elegant, stylish timepiece for gentlemen with reflects. The timepieces feature a masculine square case of 39 mm in diameter, design with dynamic curves and perfectly associated with a sober grey dial, with two stripes, orange and blue which represents the colors of the Porsche Gulf 917K of Steve McQueen in Le Mans back in 1970s.

Marked with the Gulf Vintage logo the fairly legible dial presents two chronograph counters: a seconds-counter, located at 3 o’clock and a minutes-counter, located at 9 o’clock. Moreover the stylish grey alligator leather strap with grey stitching gives a contemporary look to this remarkable timepiece. The impeccable precision and functionality of TAG Heuer Calibre 12 Automatic Gulf is given by the hybrid automatic movement completing this amazing timepiece which comes with a price of over $2,000.00.