When Edouard Heuer first opened his watchmaking workshop in Saint-Imier, Switzerland in 1860, his aim was at improving the measurement of time. Therefore, since the very beginning, the company has always focused on the innovation of technique, materials and design.
In 1887, Heuer invented the oscillating pinion, still used today for some of the big brands’ chronographs. A few decades later, the company left its first lasting mark on the sporting world by inventing the dashboard chronograph for cars. This was known as the Tag Heuer “Time of Trip”, which, in 1916, was patented as the Tag Heuer “Mikrograph”, the first stopwatch with 1/100th of a second accuracy.
From 1920 to 1928, Heuer was chosen as the official timekeeper for the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam.
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