====== TAG Heuer Calibre 11 ====== **TAG Heuer Calibre 11** is a modern [[automatic]] modular [[chronograph]] movement from [[TAG Heuer]], created as a [[tribute]] to the famous [[Heuer]] [[Chronomatic|"Chronomatic" Calibre 11]] of [[1969]]. ===== History ===== The race to develop an [[automatic chronograph]] was a famous moment in the history of watches, and [[Heuer]] was one of the most initially-successful companies, marketing a wide range of popular chronographs using that movement, including the [[Heuer Monaco]] and [[Heuer Autavia]]. As the [[tribute]] trend took hold in the 2000's, modern-day [[TAG Heuer]] began creating modern interpretations of those watches, complete with newly-designed movements. These new watches were marketed as containing a "Calibre 11" or "Calibre 12" movement, but this calibre were based on an [[ETA]] or [[Sellita]] [[ebauche]] with a [[Dubois-Depraz]] module and was unrelated to the original Chronomatic. Confusingly, these movements are marked "Calibre 11" and "Calibre 12" on the rotor and some bear a "Heuer" (rather than modern "TAG Heuer") badge. ===== TAG Heuer Calibre 11 ===== The modern "Calibre 11" even appears correct, with the winding stem on the left and chronograph pushers on the right. The modern "[[TAG Heuer Calibre 12|Calibre 12]]" is more obvious, with all three on the right side. Like the original Calibre 11, the modern Calibre 11 is [[modular]], with a proven [[ebauche]] powering a chronograph module. The original [[Chronomatic]] Calibre 11 featured a [[Buren]] [[Buren 1281|1281]] with a [[Dubois-Depraz]] [[Dubois-Depraz 8510|8510]] module, but neither of these components were available in volume by the 2000's. Therefore, the modern Calibre 11 uses a common [[ETA 2892-A2]] (or similar [[Sellita SW 300]]) base with a new [[Dubois-Depraz]] chronograph module (model 2018, 2021, or 2022). Like the original Calibre 11, the modern interpretation rotates the base movement 180 degrees, so the [[crown]] is on the left side of the face while the chronograph [[pushers]] are on the right. Unlike the original, this movement operates at 28,800 A/h rather than the archaic 19,800 A/h. One major departure from the original Calibre 11 is the [[subdial]] arrangement The old Calibre 11 featured chronograph hours on the left and chronograph minutes on the right, while the new has only chronograph minutes on the left and [[sub seconds|running seconds]] on the right. ===== Applications ===== TAG Heuer used the modern Calibre 11 in a number of "tribute" models * 2009 [[Heuer Monaco 40th Anniversary ‘McQueen']] * 2010 [[Heuer Monaco Silverstone]] (the original Silverstone used a Chronomatic Calibre 12) ===== External Links ===== * [[https://heuerville.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/heuer-monaco-40th-anniversary-mcqueen/|Heuer Monaco 40th Anniversary ‘McQueen']] * [[http://www.calibre11.com/tag-heuer-silverstone-review/|TAG Heuer Silverstone Review]] **Description:** * [[Self-winding]] [[chronograph]] * [[Cam switching]] * Dubois-Depraz 2022 module on [[ETA 2892-A2]] base **Functions:** * Hours, minutes * [[Sub seconds]] * [[Date]] window * 60-seconds, 30-minutes counters **Data:** * 28,800 A/h **Production period:** * [[2009]]-Present {{tag>Movements Automatic_movements Chronograph_movements Automatic_chronograph_movements TAG_Heuer_calibres}}