Tag Heuer 2000 Quartz Professional – 272-006 1 – Cal 185.3 – SS – 1984/85

This is a highly collectible piece for Tag Heuer lovers. The “1” was added to ref 272.006 as the very last models in 1984 and 1985. Heuer did it when there was a movement change. 

Tag Heuer 2000 quartz professional 200 meters with round gray dial and arrow marking each hour. The watch has 3 sub dials for the seconds at 12 o’clock, minutes at 9 o’clock and hours at 6 o’clock. It is a T Swiss T Made model. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. The watch comes with a gray bezel graduated up to 50.  It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Tag Heuer – Swiss since 1860 – 272-006 1 – Water Resistant 200m Tested – Stainless Steel - Swiss Made”. The watch comes a quartz movement with caliber185.30. The watch has a steel bracelet and double clasp buckle. It fits a 7.50 inches wrist.

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 with caliber 185.30, based on the ETA955.232, is a hybrid movement, where the quartz movement powers a mechanical module. It uses the Dubois Depraz 2000 chronograph module mated with a quartz engine. The chronograph seconds hand jumps half a second.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 38mm


Length including lugs: 44mm