Manufacturer
Heuer / TAG Heuer
Also recorded as: Ed. Heuer & Co. · TAG Heuer · Eduard Heuer
Chronograph and timing specialist; co-developer of the first automatic chronograph calibres (1969).
Edouard Heuer opened a workshop in Saint-Imier in 1860 and patented an oscillating pinion for chronographs in 1887. The firm specialised in stopwatches, dashboard timers and chronographs; its Mikrograph (1916) measured to 1/100 second.
In 1969 Heuer, with Breitling, Hamilton-Büren and Dubois-Dépraz, introduced the Calibre 11 automatic chronograph in the Monaco, Autavia and Carrera. Techniques d'Avant Garde acquired the company in 1985, creating TAG Heuer.
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- Saint-Imier; later Biel and La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Founded
- 1860
- Status
- Active (LVMH since 1999)
- Key people
- Edouard Heuer (1840–1892); Jack Heuer
Innovations & specialities
- Oscillating pinion (1887 patent)
- Mikrograph 1/100-second stopwatch (1916)
- Calibre 11 Chronomatic (1969)
Works by Heuer / TAG Heuer in the catalogue
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Wristwatches · circa 2000
TAG Heuer wristwatch, ref. cv2014-2, circa 2000
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 2000
Wristwatch by Eduard Heuer, Switzerland, 2000
German Clock Museum
Wristwatches · circa 2010s
TAG Heuer Monaco, ref. CS2111, circa 2010s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · circa 2014
TAG Heuer Carrera 1860, ref. CV2013.BA0794, circa 2014
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · Sold in March 2018
TAG Heuer Carrera, ref. CAR201V, Sold in March 2018
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
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