Tag Heuer Aquaracer automatic chronograph reference CAP2111 with Cal 16 in SS

Tag Heuer Aquaracer automatic chronograph reference CAP2111 with Cal 16 in SS

Very nice Tag Heuer automatic chronograph with round white stripe dial with white baton marking each hour. Luminous are excellent. The watch has three sub dials, 6 o’clock for hours, 9 o’clock for seconds and 12 o’clock for minutes. Stainless steel hands with “Baton” design. At 3 o’clock comes the window for the date. On the outside, you have a stainless-steel mono directional bezel graduated up to 50 minutes. The crown comes with the Tag logo. It is a stainless steel screwed back case with engraved outside “Tag Heuer – Swiss since 1860 – CAP2111-EBA7501 – Crystal sapphire – 300 Meters – 1000 Feet”. It is an automatic movement with caliber 16 and 25 jewels.  The watch is water resistant to 300m. The watch comes with a Tag Heuer bracelet and double clasp. The length of the bracelet is 7.75 inches. The watch comes with instruction booklet and warranty card.

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 1/100th of a second.

Technical details

Automatic movement with caliber 16, 25 jewels, 28,800 A/h and 42 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 43mm


Length including lugs: 47mm