Heuer Pocket Watch

In 1860, and at the tender age of just 20, Edouard Heuer set up his eponymous watchmaking company, Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG, in the Swiss municipality of St-Imier. At this time, the company was exclusively producing pocket watches. But it wasn’t long before young Edouard Heuer began to demonstrate his ability to innovate, with the first of many patents being granted in 1869, for a keyless, crown-operated winding system.

Spotting the emerging demand for the highly precise timekeeping required for sporting events, the company designed its first pocket watch chronograph in 1882. Five years later, Heuer made a seminal breakthrough with a pocket watch that could start and stop timing using just one button. His improved oscillating pinion, a module used in chronograph devices, is still in use today. At the beginning of the 1900s, Heuer was granted a patent for the ‘Time of Trip’ the very first dashboard chronograph, a rugged design for planes and cars.

The ambition and innovation of Heuer led to many remarkable engineering feats. A key development that was to shape the business, was the launch of one of the first chronograph wristwatches in 1914. Another great accomplishment came in 1916, with the production of a stopwatch capable of measuring to 1/100th of a second.

Such precision and expertise were widely recognised by many sporting events, and Heuer was appointed as the official timekeeper at three Olympic games, from 1920 in Antwerp through to Amsterdam in 1928. This was just the beginning of the company's long and illustrious relationship with sporting bodies and events, which was to become even more prominent in the ensuing years.

Reference number: 701/dec.Movement Manual winding

Watch size: 51 mm

Movement: Valjoux 61

Chronograph 

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