Mythic Tag Heuer Monaco CW2111 – Cal 17 – SS

Tag Heuer Monaco with reference CW2111 with square black dial in stainless steel. The watch has batons and white dots for each hour. 3 sub dials for the seconds at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and minutes at 9 o’clock. The date window is at 6 o’clock. The hands are in stainless steel with Sword design. It is a Swiss Made” model. The crown comes with the Heuer logo. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Monaco – Tag Heuer - Swiss Made since 1860 – CW2111 – HZ7047 -– water Resistant 30m. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 17 and 37 jewels. It comes with a black Tag Heuer strap and a stainless-steel Tag Heuer clasp. 

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 Tag Heuer movement with caliber 17with 37 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The power reserve is 42 hours. It is the base caliber of the ETA 2894-2.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 38mm


Length including lugs: 46mm