Tag Heuer Formula 1 – Ref WAZ1121 – SS/Gold – Full Set

Tag Heuer Formula 1 – Ref WAZ1121 – SS/Gold – Full Set

Very Good condition, Tag Heuer Formula 1 with reference WAZ1121 and round black dial. Arabic numerals and batons mark the hours. An outer ring marks the minutes. At 6 o’clock is engraved “Tag Heuer Formula 1”. The window for the date is a 3 o’clock. It is a Swiss Made model. The hands are in stainless steel with baton shape. The watch comes with a black bezel. It has a gold crown with the Tag logo. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Tag Heuer – Swiss Made since 1860 – WAZ1121 – WWT3713 – Sapphire crystal – Water Resistant 200m – Stainless Steel”. The watch comes a quartz movement. The watch has a steel and gold bracelet and double clasp buckle. It is a full set with box, manual of instruction and international guarantee card. The length of the bracelet is 7.50 inches.

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: 40mm


Length including lugs: 46mm