{"product_id":"heuer-calculator-automatic-chronograph-as11879","title":"Heuer Calculator Automatic Chronograph","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekhrónos \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“time)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003egráphō \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough many storied brands produced notable chronographs during the complication’s heyday from the 1930s through the 1970s, numerous other firms fell by the wayside during the Quartz Crisis, folding completely and disappearing or being rolled up into conglomerates that pillaged their stores of parts. Heuer, for its part, is still around today as TAG Heuer, but its pre-TAG period was perhaps its most fertile era of chronograph design. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTake the Calculator watch, for example: this special model took advantage of the brand's esteemed automatic chronograph movement technology and paired it with a unique two-part slide rule bezel in what can best be described as a sort of mechanical calculator: Using the bezel, the wearer can easily calculate distance and weight and convert between metric and imperial. Pretty neat!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular Heuer Calculator watch, a Reference \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e110.633, dates to the 1970s and features a 45.5mm 'tonneau-shaped' stainless steel case with an outer calculator bezel, dual 'pump' pushers, a left-hand crown, and a stainless steel multi-link bracelet. Its dial is a picture of legibility: Featuring an outer 1\/5th-seconds track in white, luminous 'dash' indices, a dual-register chronograph with 30-minute and 12-hour counters, a date window at 6 o'clock, and a luminous orange 'baton' handset, it's easy to use as a time-recording device or for more complex calculations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowered by the Heuer \u003cem\u003eCalibre \u003c\/em\u003e12 automatic chronograph movement and paired to a cool stainless steel multi-link bracelet, this unique tool watch is an awesome vestige of one of the most creative periods in chronograph design. It brings a smile to our faces every time — we're confident that it'll do the same for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heuer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685266329687,"sku":"40993024","price":6950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS11879_40993024_HEUER_CALCULATORCHRONO_110.633--5.jpg?v=1775831264","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/heuer-calculator-automatic-chronograph-as11879","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}