The Heuer Chronomatic Movements
The two points that any new Heuer collector needs to know are these: Firstly, that the heart of the Heuer chronographs of the 1970s that developed the reputation that the company has today was the Calibre 11 Chronomatic movement (the world’s first automatic chronograph). The second thing you need to know is that the home of Vintage Heuer information on the web is OnTheDash.com- everything you need to know is there including photos of the majority of Heuer’s classic watches.
Jeff Stein has just posted a fantastic article on at OnTheDash about the Chronomatic movement that steps through the problems of the Calibre 11 movement and how it evolved into the Calibre 11-I and eventually, Calibre 12. Heuer later produced a Calibre 15 “economy” movement.
Take a look at the article here, including some great photos that illustrate the differences between the various Chronomatic movements. You can then discuss the article on the OTD Message Board.
