TAG Heuer Monza Watch Review

TAG Heuer Monza Watch Review

TAG Heuer Monza Watch Review

40 years ago, in 1976

The timepiece company now referred to as TAG Heuer produced a chronograph to celebrate F1 legend Niki Lauda’s first world championship title with Scuderia Ferrari, the racing team that the Swiss watch brand ended up being Official Timekeeper (from 1971 to 1979). It had been the very first time that “Monza” had made an appearance around the dial of the watch.

TAG Heuer Monza Watch Review

In those days, the timepiece - created by Jack Heuer, great grand son from the brand’s founder - was markedly not the same as its competitors available on the market. Its cushion-formed situation was inspired with a 1925 model, and it is chronograph function was enhanced not just by a tachymeter scale (utilized in auto racing to determine speeds) but additionally a pulsometer (which measures heart rates). Its then uncommon all-dark colored plan was highlighted by racing-inspired red hands and counters. At Baselworld 2016 now, TAG Heuer has came back for this model’s roots having a re-edition from the Monza that's the first in the current era to incorporate both tachymeter and pulsometer scales along with the original type font around the dial.

TAG Heuer’s Heuer Monza 

Chronograph (which, obviously, proudly sports the vintage, pre-TAG, “Heuer” emblem on its dial like other models within the brand’s historic collections) maintain’s the original’s cushion-formed situation along with its all-black look and black and white-colored lacquered hour and minute hands. The indices are coated having a “vintage” Super-Luminova that glows orange at nighttime.

The situation from the modern Monza measures 42 mm across Up in the 39 mm from the 1976 original - and is made of grade 5 titanium, which makes it lighter and much more shock-resistant than its historic predecessor, that was in steel. The case’s masculine, matte black appearance originates from its titanium carbide coating, that has brushed and polished finish.

The timepiece is outfitted with TAG Heuer’s “super racing” strap entirely-grain black calfskin with top-stitching

TAG Heuer Monza Watch Review

Which evokes the style of the 3-spoke controls on racing cars from the era.Within the watch is automatic Caliber 17, a built-in chronograph movement with two chronograph counters at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock along with a date indication inside a window at 6 o’clock.

The solid, screw-lower situation back is numbered featuring the engraved Monza emblem in white-colored and also the engraved, historic Heuer emblem having a red lacquer finish.