Then in 1999 it was bought by LVMH, the world’s number one luxury group. In 1985 Heuer joined the TAG group (Technique d’Avant-Garde) and became TAG Heuer. The company’s link with motor racing will forever be embodied by Steve McQueen, who appeared in the film “Le Mans” wearing a Heuer Monaco, propelling the world’s first square chronograph to iconic status. Having been official timekeeper to Scuderia Ferrari from 1971 to 1979, the brand is visible today on the Red Bull team cars at the Monaco Grand Prix, and as official timekeeper of the FIA Formula E electric car championships. Since the first “Dashboard” in 1911, and the subsequent Autavia, the name of TAG Heuer has been inextricably linked with some of the greatest Formula 1 drivers: Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni, Fangio, Gilles Villeneuve, Ayrton Senna, etc. This pursuit of precision has cemented TAG Heuer’s place in the world of timekeeping, and more particularly the motor racing world.

More recently, we have seen the Monaco V4, the first movement with a belt drive, and the Mikrogirder, a chronograph that can keep time to 5/10,000ths of a second, which was rewarded with the Aiguille d’Or at the 2012 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The TAG Heuer legend is built on a number of inventions including the oscillating pinion in 1887, which is still used in its in-house chronographs today, the Mikrograph in 1916, which measured time to the 1/100th of a second, and the Calibre 11 in 1969, the first automatic micro-rotor movement.

Its pioneering spirit has been passed down through four generations, living proof of the brand motto “Swiss Avant-Garde Since 1860”. It has been a major player in the history of haute horlogerie, extreme precision, innovation and design. TAG Heuer was founded in Saint-Imier in 1860 by Édouard Heuer.

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