Tag Heuer Formula 1 Grande Date – Ref WAU1113 – SS - Quartz

Tag Heuer Formula 1 Grande Date with reference WAU 1113 with round white dial 12 o’clock Arabic numeral and batons marking each hour. There is an outer ring for the seconds. At 6 o’clock is engraved “Tag Heuer – Formula 1”. The window for the date is at 6 o’clock. It is a Swiss Made model. The hands are in stainless steel / white with Sword shape. The watch comes with a steel bezel with counting every 5 digits. It has a screwed Tag crown. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Tag Heuer – Swiss Made since 1860 – WAU1113 – WRD0502 – Water Resistant 200m tested – Stainless Steel – Sapphire Crystal”. 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. 

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 Vacheron Constantin movement with caliber 1326 with 25 jewels, 28,800 A/h and approximately 48 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm


Length including lugs: 47mm