The History of Tag Heuer Watches

Founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in the Swiss Jura under the name of “Edouard Heuer, Fabrique d’Horlogerie”. The company has undergone a series of name changes until they settled in Tag Heuer in 1985. In 1887, Heuer created the oscillating pinion, which has acquired a patent. This year, I went to an unparalleled reputation for style, quality and innovation to win. With a love for cars, Heuer launched the “Time Travel”, the first dashboard stopwatch for cars and airplanes in 1911. The company was awarded to Charles-Auguste Heuer, a tradition maintained by strict quality control and innovative ideas. In 1916, Charles-Auguste invented the microscope and micro Split (with a fraction of a second), the clocks of the first phase with an accuracy of 1/100th sec. Heuer has won worldwide recognition and fame for its ability to innovate and in 1920, distributed by Heuer chronograph watch pocket was selected as the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games in Antwerp. They could also continue in the official calendar features the 1924 Games in Paris and Amsterdam in 1928. On the one hand the “time travel”, created Autavia Heuer, timing of the first panel of the dashboard and the air in 1933. Another breakthrough came in 1949 for salaries, the company tide gauge, the first chronograph indicating to the flood pulse and chronograph functions created for racing. This year, he gained worldwide recognition in 1962, when astronaut John Glenn orbited Earth three times aboard the space mission Friendship 7 Mercury wore a Heuer stopwatch sport, the salaries of the first company in the region of Switzerland. In 1964 he began his famous series Heuer Carrera of the famous Carrera Panamericana car rally to commemorate 1950. At the top of the micrograph and micro Heuer Split microtime published the first miniature electronic timer with 1 / 1, 000th of a second accuracy. In 1969, the movement began Heuer Calibre 11 Chrono Matic first automatic chronograph with a micro-rotor position. In the same year, the company has the classic Monaco Watch, the disadvantaged and was worn by actor Steve McQueen. Convergence of the microwave timer on his wrist watch TAG Heuer microtime introduced in 2003. In 2006, TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 360??LS Concept Chronograph at Baselworld. In the special limited edition Carrera Calibre 360??Rose Gold, won the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie in Geneva in category Heuer sports watch. Tag has been a favorite here at the time in urban areas. The clocks that create the quintessential men’s fashion and are always a place at the top of our list of best brands.