Tag Heuer Formula 1 Professional – Ref WAH111A - Stainless steel – Quartz

Tag Heuer Formula 1 Professional – Ref WAH111A - Stainless steel – Quartz

Tag Heuer Formula 1 Professional with reference WAH111A with round black dial and silver batons marking each hour. At 6 o’clock is engraved “Tag Heuer – Formula 1 - Professional – 200 meters”. Two sub-dials for the seconds and alarm. The window for the date is at 6 o’clock. It is a Swiss Made model. The hands are in stainless steel with Dauphine shape. The watch comes with a black bezel with counting every 5 digits. It has a screwed Tag crown. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Tag Heuer – Swiss since 1860 – WAH111A – RBM2811 – Sapphire crystal – Water Resistant 200m meters – Stainless Steel”. On the side of the case is engraved “Tag Heuer”. The watch comes a quartz movement. The watch has a steel bracelet and double Tag Heuer clasp buckle. The length of the bracelet is 7.5 inches. The watch comes with the box. 

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

Quartz movement.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 46mm