15.2.10
TAG HEUER LAUNCHES ITS FIRST IPHONE APP: Monaco V4
After 150 years of innovations that changed the world of watchmaking, TAG Heuer is proud to introduce the Monaco V4, the first watch ever using belt transmission.
Considered as a marketing bluff a few years ago by the experts themselves, this revolutionary time piece has now become an outstanding reality.
With this exclusive app, experience the first watchmaking revolution of the 21st century:
Interact with the Monaco V4 through the first 3D interactive animation ever made for the iPhone,
Understand its unique mechanism, and recharge the V4 with the revolutionary linear weight,
Enjoy fascinating close-up views of the model.
Watch exclusive interviews of the pioneers who made this dream possible, more than 30 minutes of included videos.
[ Download app ]
Source:
Tag Heuer’s Official Web Site
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8.2.10
Tag Heuer Re-release: TAG Heuer Precious Silverstone Watch
Admired and claimed by Heuer fans and watch fans alike, the TAG Heuer Silverstone Wristwatch is getting re-released this month, February 2010, in a limited edition of 1,500 models of each color. The new Silverstones will be released in brown or blue versions, with perforated alligator straps and an updated Caliber 11 movement with a Dubois-Depraz module.
TAG Heuer Silverstone Wristwatch was first introduced in 1974 so as a way of emulating the curvature of the famous English racing track, with a design inspired by the distinctive square case of its predecessor, well known TAG Heuer Monaco Watch. Back in ’74, the Silverstone timepiece featured the Chronomatic Calibre 11, the first automatic self-winding chronograph ever made.
For its re-issue, Silverstone is now powered by an updated version of the Calibre 11 with Dubois-Depraz module. In order to celebrate TAG Heuer's history, it houses the brand's original Heuer logo, which is flanked on the dial by two silver counters at 3 and 9 o'clock. Stainless steel pushbuttons at 2 and 4 o'clock, a hand-applied date window at 6 o'clock and curved, sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective treatment complete the watch's look.
6.1.10
TAG Heuer Ambassadors: Brad Pitt, Uma Thurman, Tiger Woods, Maria Sharapova, Jeff Gordon, Kimi Raikkonen, Yao Ming, Shah Rukh Khan and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Some of TAG Heuer's ambassadors for 'What are you made of campaign are: Brad Pitt, Uma Thurman, Tiger Woods, Maria Sharapova, Jeff Gordon, Kimi Raikkonen, Yao Ming, Shah Rukh Khan and Juan Pablo Montoya.
[TAG Heuer Home Page]
16.12.09
Associated Press' Athlete of the decade: TIGER WOODS
The Associated Press, an American news agency, has named Tiger Woods its athlete of the decade.
AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.
Tiger Woods is the first golfer to win four consecutive major championships. He is the youngest placer to have won 3 green jackets, he won the US Open in 2000 by an incredible 15 shots, and he has a total of 9 major championships to his name.
In 2001 he became the first golfer in history to hold all four major titles at once. Outside of golf, Tiger is one of the greatest sports champions in history. With his personality and his results, he is a perfect example of prestige and performance which are so important to TAG Heuer [Complete Post].
[AP]
[TAG Heuer]
30.11.09
Tiger Woods: TAG Heuer Link Quartz Chronograph 1/10th CJ1110.BA0576
His personal obsession with results and perfection, his ability to withstand pressure, to meet expectations and exceed them, but also his love of discipline – all this makes him a natural partner for the brand. Tiger Woods has been closely involved with the development of a completely new watch, the first professional golf watch specifically designed to meet the unique ergonomic requirements of the game.
GOLF
Ranked number one worldwide with 19,570 points (June 2007), he has 77 victories, including 12 Grand Slams, 44 PGA Tours, 5 European Tours and 16 other tournaments.
Water resistance: 200 m
Case: Cut from a block of solid Steel/ Shaped push-buttons
Bezel: Fixed or unidirectional turning bezel according to models/ set with diamonds according to models
Dial: Hand applied faceted indexes in Steel or Diamonds according to models. Luminescent hour-markers and hands.
When applicable: Top Wesselton (VVS) diamonds. A certificate featuring the quality, size and carat of the diamonds is delivered with each timepiece set with diamonds.
Crown: Screw in
Bracelet: Steel or enamel calf leather strap according to models
Clasp: Double safety clasp with folding buckle
23.11.09
Watches in Movies: 12 Rounds, 2012, 88 Minutes and After the Sunset
An internationally-well known terrorist named Miles Jackson -Aidan Gillen- has kidnapped detective Danny Fisher’s -John Cena- girlfriend Molly Porter -Ashley Scott- and forced him into "12 Rounds" of dangerous games carefully plotted throughout the streets of New Orleans.
2012 (2009)
American geologist Adrian Helmsley -Chiwetel Ejiofor- travels to India to meet his friend Satnam, who has discovered that neutrinos from a massive solar flare have penetrated the Earth and are causing the temperature of its core to increase rapidly. Adrian returns to Washington D.C. to inform White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt) and US President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover) to inform about what he has discovered. Many things will occur till 2012…
Jackson Curtis -John Cusack- wears a IWC Mark XVI Wristwatch
88 Minutes (2007)
Seattle. Jack Gramm, a successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor, is in evidence since being responsible for the condemnation of a serial killer -Jon Forster- being able of influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call…
After the Sunset (2004)
Two master thieves are finally retiring after one last successful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is the next setup. While Lola is busy settling into their new life and trying to find ways to keep busy, Max is contemplating whether or not to steal the diamond. Will he?
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26.10.09
Tiger Woods' TAG Heuer Quartz Chronograph 1/10th Ref CJ1110.BA0576
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods was born
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus' record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year more than once.
Since his record-breaking win at the 1997 Masters Tournament, golf's increased popularity is attributed to Woods' presence. He is credited for dramatically increasing prize money in golf, generating interest in new audiences as the first person of colour to win the Masters, and for drawing the largest TV audiences in golf history.
CJ1110.BA0576
Water resistance: 200 m
Case: Cut from a block of solid Steel/ Shaped push-buttons
Bezel: Fixed or unidirectional turning bezel according to models/ set with diamonds according to models
Dial: Hand applied faceted indexes in Steel or Diamonds according to models. Luminescent hour-markers and hands.
When applicable: Top Wesselton (VVS) diamonds. A certificate featuring the quality, size and carat of the diamonds is delivered with each timepiece set with diamonds.
Crown: Screw in
Bracelet: Steel or enamel calf leather strap according to models
Clasp: Double safety clasp with folding buckle
Specifications may depend on the model.
[Source: TAG Heuer Web Page]
22.10.09
NEW TAG Heuer Monaco LS Calibre 12 Automatic Chronograph

Tag Heuer celebrates the 40th birthday of the original Tag Heuer Monaco. At the BaselWorld 2009 Tag Heuer already unveiled several new Tag Heuer Monaco wrist watches. TAG Heuer has now presented the new Tag Heuer Monaco LS.
When Steve McQueen was driving His Porsche 917, he was wearing his TAG Heuer Monaco Wristwatch. The timepieces producing company is now unveiling the new version of what became an icon a few decades ago: the Monaco LS Chronograph Calibre 12.
According to its movement, the new Monaco LS features a TAG Heuer Calibre 12 Automatic Chronograph based on a Dubois Depraz 2008 where the chronograph minutes are displayed at 9 o'clock and the chronograph hours markers are displayed at 6 o'clock. It also has the date indicator at 12 o'clock.
About its dial: it is a black one with technical fine brushed bridges inspired by the MONACO Calibre 360 concept which featured a faceted chronograph, polished and fine-brushed minute and hour hands with luminescent markers. It also features hand-applied and faceted indexes with luminescent markers and a rhodium second hand with a touch of red.
Its case: with a diameter of 40.5 mm inspired by the V4 case design, it features a curved sapphire crystal glass polished and fine brushed stainless steel case and push-buttons. It is water resistant up to 100 meters.
[TAG Heuer Press Release]
25.9.09
Tag Heuer Monaco V4 Limited Edition Watch. ($80,000)
Limited edition of just 150 watches the Monaco V4. It is the only Tag Heuer watch made from platinum (170 grams of it), fact that gives to it its modern style.
The Monaco V4 changes inspired from car engines. Like mechanical watches, it engines has the same concepts: transmission, friction, torque and power. But, the Tag Heuer First uses a 4.25-gram platinum ingot which acts as a sort of cylinder, in a linear movement. Then, changes the transmission of power from the traditional wheels to a drive-belt transmission: 13 belts with a gauge measure of 0.5 x 0.45mm.
The Monaco V4 uses 2.2mm diameter bearings with 0.25mm balls rotating inside, rather than synthetic rubies to reduce friction acting as energy generators with bridges made of transparent sapphire.
The Monaco V4 wristwatch was presented at Baselworld in 2004. Then, in 2007, a production ready piece was shown. 2009 was the year in which the Monaco V4 watch version was finally presented.
(Tag Heuer Monaco V4 Limited Edition Watch)
Transmission: 13 notched belts of 0.5 x 0.45 mm; 39 ball races of 2.2 mm diameter and 0.5 thick
Energy: 4 barrels storing 375g of energy each: 1.5 kg total strength
Automatic winding system: Linear oscillating weight: 4.25g platinum ingot.
Movement features: 18,000 vibrations per hour.
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19.8.09
TAG Heuer Meridiist
This exclusive design features several functions, such as reversible clock, 1/100 of a second chronograph and incoming call identification. A special OLED technology (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) protected by a sapphire crystal glass offering to its user a new level of refinement in their manner of viewing the time and addressing incoming calls. It also features an exceptional autonomy up to 28 days standby time and 7 hours talk time will providing comfort of use.
The Meridiist features a dual-function: a TAG Heuer switch, which with a touch a polite call rejection process is issued and switches the direction from which the time can be viewed or launches a 1/100th of a second chronograph.
Buyers will be able to choose between a great choice of rubber, calfskin leather and genuine alligator is proposed. The TAG Heuer Meridiist includes high quality (CMOS low noise) digital camera which links human gesture to technology through mechanical refinement. A software maximizing the image quality & colour rendering has been specifically developed. MERIDIIST has a 2 mega pixel camera sensor (1 200 * 1 600 pixels) for standard photo size 10x15cm quality print and 2GB memory which enables to store more than 5000 pictures. A mechanical camera sliding shutter triggers automatically the preview mode.
• 316L stainless steel case with hand brushed and polished finishing
• Black PVD - Titanium carbide coating on 316L stainless steel
• Backlit mechanical stainless steel keypad
• Multi function TAG Heuer switch
• 60.5 carats of sapphire crystal glass on dual display screens
• High quality rubber, calfskin leather and genuine alligator back plates
• Dimensions: 112mm x 46mm x 15.5mm
• Weight: 155g
Performance
• Autonomy: 28 days stand-by time, 7 hours talk time
• Imaging: 2 mega pixel high-quality camera sensor
(CMOS low noise) digital camera: 1,200 x 1,600 pixels
• Image quality-maximising and colour rendering software
• Mechanical, automatic preview-triggering sliding camera shutter
• Image formats supported: JPEG, GIF, BMP
• Audio: Music playback (MP3, AAC, AAC )
• Video: Video recording and playback
• End-user memory: 2GB
• USB 1.0 with mass storage for easy multimedia objects
exchange with PC
Network
• Worldwide GSM/GPRS network-compatible for best performance
• Quad-band: covers all GSM countries
Hardware
2 LCD screens
• Front screen: LCD, 240 x 320 pixels, 260k colours, TFT – 1.9’’
• Top screen: OLED, 96 x 16 pixels
• Acoustics: separate earpiece for call mode, loudspeaker for handsfree, ringtones and music playback
• Long duration battery: Li-lon 950mAh
Applications
• Phonebook: up to 1,000 contacts
(multi-entries, Lotus Notes and Outlook synchronisation)
• Messaging: SMS, MMS
• Browsing: WAP 2.0
• PC synchronisation: contacts, messaging, multimedia
• Apps: World clock, alarm, agenda, calendar, currency converter, chronometer, calculator
• Voice recorder
• Client e-mail
Connectivity
• Bluetooth: headset, car kit and data exchange profiles
• Single I/O connector for charging, data exchange
and wired stereo headset via standard mini-USB
• Stereo Bluetooth for audio with compatible devices
• USB connection
• Built-in modem
• Compatible with any operator/SIM card
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22.6.09
Watches in Movies: Le Mans, The Hunter, 15 Minutes, Rain Man and All the President’s Men Movies.
But, TAG Heuer wasn’t the only wristwatch brand that accompanied Steve McQueen as during The Hunter, released in 1980, he wore the Rolex Submariner date.
(Robert De Niro - Rolex Daytona - 15 Minutes Movie)
Not only Steve McQueen wore Rolex prestigious watches. Robert De Niro, the academy award winner for the Best Actor, wore a Rolex Daytona in a publicity picture for 15 Minutes movie.
(Rain Man, starred by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise wore a Rolex Day-Date)
Rain Man, starred by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, is the story of a young that regains or retrieves his humanity through the unexpected love of a brother he never knew he had. During Rain Man, Tom Cruise wore a Rolex Day-Date.
(Robert Redford - All the President's Men Movie)
Robert Redford also wore a Rolex wristwatch. He wore it during All the President’s Men film. It is the story of the two journalists that broke the Watergate scandal. Starred by Robert Redford (as Bob Woodward) and Dustin Hoffman (as Carl Bernstein) playing the role of two reporters from the Washington Post.
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19.6.09
Steve McQueen's former Tag Heuer Monaco and his Scott super Squirrel Bike were auctioned during the past New York Antiquorum's Auction
Finally, June 11th came by and so the so long promised Antiquorum’s auction was celebrated in New York.
According to Steve McQueen’s, his 1929 Scott Super Squirrel Bike, the one he owned together with Von Dutch, was sold in $276.000. Not only his bike was sold, but also his personal wristwatch, his TAG Heuer Monaco. The timepiece was sold for $87.000 together with other important wristwatches like The Pour Le Merite Tourbillon 18K yellow gold, which was sol for $156.000.
The auction was such a great success that Antiquorum is getting ready for the next auction, taking place in Hong Kong, next June 27th.
29.5.09
NEW TAGHeuer MONACO Cal 11 1969 LIMITED Re-Edition
Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer has announced a special, limited edition Monaco Chronograph. The NEW Monaco1969 Original Re-Edition will count with just 1,000 pieces. It is launched in order to celebrate TAG Heuer Monaco’s 40 years of precision, immortalized by actor Steve McQueen in the film "Le Mans". The blue-dial Monaco Re-Edition comes with an exclusive case back signed by Jack Heuer and engraved in honor of its mythical ambassador Steve McQueen. Each of the 1,000 TAG Heuer Monaco 1969 Original Re-Edition Chronographs features a perforated leather strap with a steel buckle. The blue dial features sporty red accents on its hands, its distinctive horizontal diamond-tipped hour indices and also a hand-applied date window in polished steel. The signature of TAG Heuer honorary chairman Jack Heuer graces the stainless steel caseback. The Tag Heuer Monaco 1969 Original Re-Edition is limited to 1,000 pieces and in contrast to the new re-engineered Monaco Calibre 12 still features the Calibre 11 movement.
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15.5.09
NEW Tag Heuer Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph (Steve McQueen's)
The NEW Tag Heuer Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph, one of the Baselworld 2009 innovations. It features the blue and orange Gulf sign, which was the mythic Steve McQueens team.
The Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph is the latest groundbreaking. It is based on the mythic Monaco. The watch features an incredible high-tech unique tubular design which, together with extreme shock-protecting components, were both inspired by Le Mans endurance race cars. The TAG Heuer Calibre 36 movement inside the oversized (40.5mm) black PVD-coated case is suspended within a steel-tube housing very much like a race car’s driver’s protective cockpit cage and visible through the dial face and the sapphire crystal caseback.
The new Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph components were insulated against shock and torque by a composite filter material used in aerospace and auto racing. Its large-faced, black-textured dial bears an oversize “24″ at 12 o’clock, in honour of the 24 of Le Mans, and the iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil – the same colours TAG Heuer Ambassador Steve McQueen wore in his 1970 film classic, Le Mans.

Water resistant to 100 metres, The Steve McQueen’s new model watch contains anti-reflective double-sided treatment on the curved sapphire scratch-resistant crystal glass, which is TAG Heuer’s R&D team’s most daring creation to date.
TAG Heuer's Contest on Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton: THE DUEL

In TAG Heuer’s web site, there’s a contest in which one, in order to enter the contest and participate, has to answer who between the ICON or the VIRTUOSO (Steve McQueen or Lewis Hamilton ) is going to win THE DUEL
Source: TAG Heuer's Web Site.
4.5.09
Leonardo DiCaprio: TAG Heuer Newest Ambassador
TAG Heuer has chosen Leonardo DiCaprio as the new face of the TAG Heuer Carrera watch. Even though for the last six years Tag Heuer ambassador was Brad Pitt, his contract ended on December 2008.
Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on as a TAG Heuer Ambassador for three years.
TAG Heuer had a record year last year from Ambassador Lewis Hamilton winning the F1 Championship, two winning watches receiving multiple awards, the TAG Heuer Meridiist release, and the new branding campaign coming out this spring.
Leonardo DiCaprio will be endorsing the TAG Heuer Day-Date Carerra as he has partnered with TAG Heuer to become its newest ambassador in a multimillion-dollar, three year, agreement. He will also be seen in marketing projects with the brand.
His latest work and future projects:
Inception ( - Cast / 2010 / Announced / )
A contemporary science fiction tale set within the architecture of the human mind.
Akira ( Producer / 2009 / Announced / )
In post-WWIII Japan, a group of motorcycle-riding teens must stop one of their members from abusing his newly acquired telekinetic powers.
74 Gallons ( Producer / / Announced / )
Centers on the growing global phenomenon of mercenaries used by governments and companies to wage war.
A Tale of Two Cities ( Cast / / Announced / )
Set in Paris and London, in the late 18th century during the French Revolution. The story of English aristocrat Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life for his unrequited love Lucie Manette and Frenchman Charles Darnay.
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23.4.09
Worldwide Cult Watches

According to the Baselworld 2009 Daily News Magazine, there are very few timepieces that can be worn an entire lifetime and then passed down to the next generation without going out of fashion.
An example of this is represented by Rolex as it is a watchmaking company that focuses on the improvement of the existing watches in order to have perfect results by modifying the movements.
The Cosmograph Daytona is an example of a watch that became a cult, like the Submariner Date. This year, during the Baselworld, Rolex introduced the Submariner Date in a yellow rolesor case, featuring a new unidirectional rotatable bezel in yellow gold with a balck Cerachrom disc and a 120-notch anti-reverse click sys¬tem. Waterproof to a depth of 300 metres, the Oyster Perpetual Submariner Date is chronometer-certi¬fied and bears a high quality manufacture movement.
Another cult watch par excellence is the Monaco from TAG Heuer is another example of a watch that turned into a cult. It was first presented 40 years ago when the watch appeared in a square case contrary to the presumed rules of horlogerie. The Monaco became a fixed feature of the TAG Heuer collection.
Omega Speedmaster Professional is not only a cult but also the watch that first reached the moon!
According to women, their favourite cult watch is represented by the Happy Sport from Chopard because of its charming design concept.















































