====== TAG Heuer Calibre 12 ======
**TAG Heuer Calibre 12** is a modern [[automatic]] modular [[chronograph]] movement from [[TAG Heuer]], created as a [[tribute]] to the famous [[Heuer]] [[Chronomatic|"Chronomatic" Calibre 12]] 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]]. 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 12 =====
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The modern "Calibre 12" is obviously not a [[Chronomatic]], since the [[crown]] is on the right (rather than left) side.

Like the original Calibre 12, the modern Calibre 12 is [[modular]], with a proven [[ebauche]] powering a chronograph module. The original [[Chronomatic]] Calibre 12 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 12 uses a common [[ETA 2892-A2]] (or similar [[Sellita SW 300]]) base with a new [[Dubois-Depraz]] chronograph module (model 2008). This makes it very similar to the [[ETA 2894]]-based [[TAG Heuer Calibre 17]], since both share a 2892 base.

Unlike the original Calibre 12, the modern interpretation leaves the [[crown]] on the right side of the face along with the chronograph [[pushers]]. Also unlike the original, this movement operates at 28,800 A/h rather than the 21,600 A/h.

One major departure from the original Calibre 12 is the [[subdial]] arrangement The old Calibre 12 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.

===== 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-monaco-range/|TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 12]]


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**Description:**
  * [[Self-winding]] [[chronograph]]
  * [[Cam switching]]
  * Dubois-Depraz 2008 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
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