TAG Heuer company with the motto Swiss Avant-Garde since Since 1860, is a Swiss watch manufacturing company known for its luxury watches and chronographs. The company has its roots founded by Edouard Heuer in 1860. In fact the founder has many patents including for the first chronograph which he patented in 1882 and for oscillating pinion in 1887, which is still used by various manufacturers for mechanical chronographs.
Heuer’s first wrist watch was introduced in 1914. Heuer also has the credit of manufacturing the first micrograph which is a stop watch that could measure up to 1/100th of a second.
During 1930 s and 40 s Heuer introduced the dashboard type of watches used in auto-mobiles and aviation. In fact Heuer also was the official watch manufacturer for the German pilots, the chronographs were known as Flieger. Also, continuing the spirit of innovation for something new Heuer continued to add new innovations such a calenders and chronographs.
It is little surprise then to know that Heuer is the first watch in the space. In 1962 John Glenn wore a Heuer watch while he was piloting the first manned mission to orbit the earth. Glenn started the stop watch officially after 20 seconds in to the flight and the watch is still counting and is displayed in the San Diego Air and Space museum.
Heuer also has the distinction of becoming the first manufacturer of the automatic chronograph. In 1985, TAG Heuer was formed, when Techniques d’Avant Garde (TAG) which manufactures high-tech items for Formula-one cars acquired Heuer.
This is why a TAG Heuer watch is so expensive, in fact the quartz models with a rubber strap start from $2000 and the metal cases would be at least three times as expensive.
Does this mean that you cannot afford a TAG Heuer watch? No, the answer is a TAG Heuer replica watch. With the help of today’s technology, it is very much possible to replicate an original watch up to 99.9% of its functionality. Sometimes, a TAG Heuer replica watch looks so authentic that even a trained eye could not make out the difference between these two. With proper care a TAG Heuer replica watch would last up to years!