Heuer Monaco with black dial and caliber 17 – Full Set

Mythic Heuer Monaco with black dial and caliber 17 – Full Set

Mint condition, Heuer Monaco ref CS 2111 with square black dial in stainless steel. The watch has three sub dials, at 3 o’clock for the seconds, 6 o’clock for the hours and 9 o’clock for the minutes. The watch has batons for each hour with luminous dots at each end. The hands are in stainless steel with baton shapes. The date window is at 6 o’clock. The crown comes with the Heuer logo. It is a screw back case with engraved outside “Monaco Heuer – CS2111 - 04465 – by Tag Heuer”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 17. It comes with a black rubber strap and a stainless steel Heuer buckle. The watch comes with box, papers and warranty.

History

The company was founded by Edouard Heuer in 1860 in opening a watch comptoir (dealership) in Saint Imier. In 1864, he moves to Bienne with a signed “E Heuer & Compagnie”. 1869, he applied for a patent for an “Independent crown-winding system”. In 1880, he is the first watch producer to start on the series production of chronographs. In 1910 Heuer creates the “doctor’s chronograph with pulsometer. In 1916 Heuer register a patent for the “Microsplit”. 1930, Heuer patented the design of waterproof case. 1949 comes the “Solunar” and the magic “Carrera” in 1963. 1964, Heuer merged with Leonidas S.A. Since 1999, the company is owned by the LVMH Group. In 2006, the “Carrera 360” took up the mantle of the “Microsplit”, a stopwatch accurate to 1/100^th of a second.

Technical details

Automatic Heuer movement with caliber 17 with 37 jewels, 28,800 A/h and 42 hours of power reserve

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 39mm
Length including lugs: 46mm